Welcome to the newsroom for the year 2013. Each section below gathers the events, people, works, and developments associated with the year. Choose a section to browse its articles, or use the timeline for a chronological view.
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Beyoncé's Self-Titled Album Release
Beyoncé released her fifth studio album as a surprise midnight drop on December 13, 2013, accompanied by music videos for all 14 tracks, revolutionizing the album release strategy and becoming a de...
December 13, 2013
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Iran Nuclear Talks and Geneva Interim Agreement
Iran and the P5+1 world powers reached a landmark interim nuclear agreement i...
US Government Shutdown and Debt Ceiling Crisis
Congressional gridlock over the 2014 budget and debt ceiling brought the fede...
Syria's Chemical Weapons Disarmament Agreement
Following the Ghouta chemical weapons attack, the US, Russia, and Syria negot...
Chelsea Manning Court-Martial Verdict and Sentencing
Army Private Chelsea Manning was convicted on August 21, 2013, of 20 espionag...
Science & Technology
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Comet ISON's Perihelion Passage
Comet ISON approached perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on November 28...
iPhone 5S and 5C Launch
Apple released the iPhone 5S with the groundbreaking 64-bit A7 processor and ...
Google Glass Explorer Program Launch
Google launched its Glass Explorer Program in April 2013, releasing prototype...
Quantum Entanglement Teleportation Breakthrough
In 2013 physicists in Germany, Switzerland, and Denmark teleported quantum st...
Arts & Culture
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Beyoncé's Self-Titled Album Release
Beyoncé released her fifth studio album as a surprise midnight drop on Decemb...
Frozen Film Release
Disney's Frozen opened nationwide in the United States on November 27, 2013, ...
'Selfie' Named Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year
Oxford Dictionaries declared 'selfie'—the smartphone self-portrait—its 2013 W...
Gravity Film Release and Alfonso Cuarón's Space Thri...
Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity premiered at Venice in August 2013 and opened theatr...
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Beyoncé's Self-Titled Album Release
Dec 13
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Dec 05
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Nov 29
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Comet ISON's Perihelion Passage
Nov 28
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Frozen Film Release
Nov 27
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