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2013 by topic:

News by month

Jan – Feb – Mar – Apr – May – Jun Jul – Aug – Sep – Oct – Nov – Dec

Arts

Architecture – Art – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Television

Politics

Elections – Int'l leaders – Politics – State leaders – Sovereign states

Science and technology

Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Rail transport – Science – Spaceflight

Sports

Sport – Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football League – Baseball – Football (soccer) – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Tennis – National Rugby League

By place

Algeria – Argentina – Australia – Canada – China – Denmark – European Union – France – Germany – India – Iraq – Ireland – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Philippines – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea - Sri Lanka – United Kingdom – United States – Zimbabwe

Other topics

Awards – Games – Law – Religious leaders – Video gaming

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

Works – Introductions v • d • e

2013 (MMXIII) will be a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Contents 1 Pronunciation 2 Predicted and scheduled events 2.1 Unknown dates 3 Major religious holidays 4 In fiction and popular culture 4.1 Comic books 4.2 Computer and video games 4.3 Film 4.4 Television 4.5 Mathematical interest 5 References

[edit] Pronunciation

See also: Year pronunciation There is a debate as to how specific years of the 21st century, including 2013, should be pronounced in English. Although the majority of English-speakers say "two thousand (and) X" for any specific year post–1999, it is often suggested that the continuation of this type of pronunciation for the entire 21st century would be inappropriate or unnatural, given the alternative "twenty X" option.

Many experts agree that majority usage of "two thousand (and) X" is a result of influences from the Year 2000 problem hype, as well as the way "2001" was pronounced in the influential 1968 film, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Experts also suggest that since former years such as 1805 and 1905 were commonly pronounced as "eighteen oh" or "nineteen oh" five, the year 2005 should naturally have been pronounced as "twenty oh-five".^[1]

Many people, ranging from linguistic and academic experts to Internet bloggers, predict that the "twenty X" pronunciation method will eventually prevail, but a time frame as to when this change will occur often differs. The year 2010 is suggested by many^[2][3], while 2011^[1] and 2013 are popular as well. The latest time frame for change is usually placed at 2020^[1] or 2100.

David Crystal, author of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, has predicted that the change will occur in 2011, to "twenty eleven", explaining that the way people pronounce years depends on rhythm, rather than logic. Crystal claims that the rhythm or "flow" of "two thousand (and) ten", beats out that of "twenty ten", but the flow of "twenty eleven" beats out "two thousand (and) eleven".^[1] Alternatively, Ian Brookes, editor-in-chief of Chambers Dictionary, suggests the change will occur in 2013. The UK Times has suggested 2020 as a final time frame for the change, saying "If people can have “twenty-twenty” vision, then surely they should also live in the year “twenty twenty”."^[1]

In addition, the Vancouver Olympics, taking place in 2010, are being officially referred to by Vancouver 2010 as "the twenty-ten Olympics", and the London Olympics, taking place in 2012, are also being officially referred to by London 2012 as "the twenty-twelve Olympics".

[edit] Predicted and scheduled events

• January 1 – Marseille in France and Košice in Slovakia become European Capital of Culture.
• January 1 – Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to establish and introduce monetary union.
• January 19 – The European Union will introduce a common EU-wide driving licence.
• January 20 – The President of the United States takes office at noon. The public swearing-in would be on January 21 (or after), as the 20th is a Sunday.
• May 10 – Annular solar eclipse in the South Pacific, visible in Australia.
• June – The NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will be launched.
• June – The 17th edition of the Mediterranean Games will begin in Volos and Larisa, Greece.
• August – The BepiColombo spacecraft will be launched to Mercury.
• November 3 – Hybrid (total/annular) solar eclipse.
• December 31 - Australia's last analogue Television signal will be turned off. ^[4]

[edit] Unknown dates

2013 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	2013 MMXIII
Ab urbe condita	2766
Armenian calendar	1462 ԹՎ ՌՆԿԲ
Bahá'í calendar	169 – 170
Bengali calendar	1420
Berber calendar	2963
Buddhist calendar	2557
Burmese calendar	1375
Byzantine calendar	7521 – 7522
Chinese calendar	壬辰年十一月二十日 (4649/4709-11-20) — to — 癸巳年十一月廿九日 (4650/4710-11-29)
Coptic calendar	1729 – 1730
Ethiopian calendar	2005 – 2006
Hebrew calendar	5773 – 5774
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2068 – 2069
- Shaka Samvat	1935 – 1936
- Kali Yuga	5114 – 5115
Holocene calendar	12013
Iranian calendar	1391 – 1392
Islamic calendar	1434 – 1435
Japanese calendar	Heisei 25 (平成25年)
Korean calendar	4346
Thai solar calendar	2556
Unix time	1356998400 – 1388534399
v • d • e

• NASA's Venus In-Situ Explorer mission to Venus (part of the New Frontiers program).
• Solar power will be cost-competitive with fossil fuels by 2013, according to notable futurist Ray Kurzweil.^[5]
• The new fuel efficient, Airbus A350-900 is scheduled to enter airline service in the summer.^[6]
• It has been suggested that the current East African Community may federalize into a single state by 2013.^[7]

[edit] Major religious holidays

• January 7 – Christmas – Eastern Orthodox Churches
• February 1 – Imbolc, a Cross-quarter day (Celebrated on February 2 in some places).
• March 20 – Spring Equinox, also known as Ostara.
• March 31 – Easter (Western Christianity)
• May 1 – Beltane, a Cross-quarter day.
• May 5 – Easter (Eastern Christianity)
• June 21 – Summer solstice, also known as Midsummer or Litha.
• August 1 – Lammas, a Cross-quarter day.
• September 22 – Fall Equinox, also known as Mabon.
• November 1 – Samhain, a Cross-quarter day and Neopagan new year.
• December 21 – Winter solstice, also known as Yule.
• December 25 – Christmas

[edit] In fiction and popular culture

[edit] Comic books

• X-Men: The X-Men try to overthrow the dystopian rule of the robot Sentinels in the Days of Future Past storyline (1980).
• In the comic book Legion of Super-Heroes (Number 6, July 2005, DC Comics), Cosmic Boy avers that the Bar Code on the cover of comic books is "destined to become outlawed in the Design Aesthetic Wars of 2013."

[edit] Computer and video games

• Shattered Union (2005): The District of Columbia is destroyed this year by a low-yield nuclear weapon.
• Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (2006)
• Gyakuten Saiban 3 (2007), Flashbacks to this year occur.

[edit] Film

• Escape From LA (1996)
• The Postman (1997)
• A Scanner Darkly (2006)

[edit] Television

• In the BBC mockumentary Time Trumpet, British retail chain, Tesco launches an invasion of Denmark on January 21 of this year.
• The last few minutes of the Season 4 finale and Season 5 of Desperate Housewives is set in this year.
• BBC Drama Spooks: Code 9 is set in this year.
• The anime version of Death Note ends in this year, when the main character, Light Yagami, dies from a heart attack after being shot multiple times.

[edit] Mathematical interest

• The date will comprise four distinct digits, for the first time since 1987.

[edit] References