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2013 horse meat scandal
The 2013 horse meat scandal, or horsegate: European food fraud in which beef products contained undeclared horse meat, up to 100% in Findus lasagne, triggering EU-wide DNA testing, recalls, and food-crime reforms.
2013 ICC Champions Trophy
2013 ICC Champions Trophy: seventh edition, England and Wales, 6–23 June 2013, top eight ODI teams at Cardiff, Edgbaston, The Oval. India beat England by 5 runs in the rain-shortened 20-over final; Dhoni's third major ICC trophy.
2013 in film
2013 in film: a record year with $10.9 billion U.S. and over $30 billion worldwide box office from 622 releases; Paramount ended 35mm releases; 12 Years a Slave, Gravity, and Frozen dominated the Oscars.
2013 Indian Premier League
Pepsi IPL 2013, the sixth Indian Premier League season: Mumbai Indians won their first title, beating Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs in the Eden Gardens final, amid the Sreesanth spot-fixing scandal that later banned CSK and RR.
2013 Indian Premier League final
2013 Indian Premier League final, Pepsi IPL 2013 decider, 26 May 2013 at Eden Gardens Kolkata: Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs (148/9 vs 125/9) for their maiden title; Kieron Pollard 60 was Player of the Match.
2013 Indian Premier League player auction
2013 IPL player auction (Pepsi IPL 2013 Player Auction), held in Chennai on 3 February 2013; 37 of 108 players sold for USD 11.89 million; Glenn Maxwell to Mumbai Indians for $1 million was the only million-dollar buy.
2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case
2013 IPL spot-fixing and betting case: Delhi Police arrested Rajasthan Royals players Sreesanth, Chandila and Chavan; Meiyappan and Kundra implicated for betting; CSK and RR suspended two years by Lodha Committee; criminal charges dropped in 2015.
2013 Lahad Datu standoff
The 2013 Lahad Datu standoff was a confrontation in Sabah, Malaysia, where armed followers of self-proclaimed Sultan of Sulu Jamalul Kiram III landed in February 2013.
2013 Little India riot
The 2013 Little India riot was a riot in Little India, Singapore, on 8 December 2013, after a fatal traffic accident, Singapore's worst public violence in decades.
2013 Los Angeles International Airport shooting
The 2013 Los Angeles International Airport shooting was a November 1, 2013 attack in which Paul Anthony Ciancia killed TSA Officer Gerardo Hernandez and wounded three others in Terminal 3.
2013 Major League Baseball draft
2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft, held June 6-8, 2013; Astros picked Mark Appel first overall. 1,216 players in 40 rounds; first Competitive Balance rounds; later stars Judge, Bryant, Bellinger.
2013 Metcalf sniper attack
The 2013 Metcalf sniper attack: unidentified gunmen cut AT&T fiber-optic cables and fired a 7.62 caliber rifle at PG&E's Metcalf Transmission Substation near San Jose on April 16, 2013, disabling 17 transformers and causing $15 million in damage; no suspects were identified.
2013 Mexico floods
The 2013 Mexico floods were a mid-September disaster caused when Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel struck simultaneously, killing 157 people and affecting about 1.68 million across 21 states.
2013 Moore tornado
The 2013 Moore tornado was a violent EF5 tornado that struck Newcastle, south Oklahoma City, and Moore, Oklahoma, on May 20, 2013, killing 24 people and causing billions in damage.
2013 Muzaffarnagar riots
The 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, communal violence in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli, western Uttar Pradesh, from the 27 August Kawal killings and the 7 September Nagla Mandaur mahapanchayat: around 60 dead, 50,000 displaced, 510 cases, and few convictions.
2013 NBA draft
2013 NBA draft: held June 27, 2013; 60 picks, 51 played in the NBA. Cleveland took Anthony Bennett first overall after a May 21 lottery; Orlando had 250 of 1,000 lottery chances; four record ties were broken April 19.
2013 NBA Finals
2013 NBA Finals: Miami Heat beat San Antonio Spurs 4-3 for a second straight title, winning Game 7 95-88 after Ray Allen's Game 6 game-tying 3; LeBron James Finals MVP.
2013 NBA playoffs
2013 NBA playoffs: postseason of the 2012-13 NBA season. Miami Heat beat San Antonio Spurs 4-3 in the Finals; LeBron James Finals MVP; Ray Allen's Game 6 three with 5.2 seconds left forced overtime; last 2-3-2 Finals format.
2013 New York City mayoral election
The 2013 New York City mayoral election was held on November 5, 2013 to succeed Michael Bloomberg, the first open mayoral race in more than a decade.
2013 NFL Draft
2013 NFL Draft, held April 25-27 at Radio City Music Hall, New York; Kansas City Chiefs picked first (Eric Fisher), 254 selections, line-heavy first round, later judged a weak class.
2013 NFL season
2013 NFL season, the league's 94th, ran Sept 5, 2013 to Feb 2, 2014; set scoring records (11,985 points) behind Peyton Manning's 55 TDs, and ended with the Seattle Seahawks beating Denver 43-8 in Super Bowl XLVIII for their first title.
2013 North India floods
The 2013 North India floods, or Uttarakhand/Kedarnath floods, were June 2013 flash floods and landslides in Uttarakhand caused by 440% excess rainfall, killing hundreds to thousands, stranding over 100,000 people, and triggering massive Army and IAF rescue operations.
2013 papal conclave
The 2013 papal conclave, held 12–13 March 2013 in the Sistine Chapel after Benedict XVI's resignation, elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires as Pope Francis, the 266th pope, on the fifth ballot with 85 of 115 electors' votes.
2013 Seattle Seahawks season
2013 Seattle Seahawks season: Pete Carroll's 13-3 NFC West champions, the Legion of Boom defense, who won the franchise's first Super Bowl, XLVIII, 43-8 over Peyton Manning's record-setting Denver Broncos on February 2, 2014, with Malcolm Smith as MVP.
2013 Serena Williams tennis season
Serena Williams' 2013 WTA season: 78-4 record, 11 titles including French Open and US Open, year-end world No. 1, $12,385,572 prize money, first woman over $12 million in a season.
2013 Sichuan earthquake
The 2013 Sichuan earthquake, also called the Lushan earthquake, struck Lushan County, Sichuan, China, on 20 April 2013 with magnitude 6.6, killing 196 people and injuring 13,484.
2013 Sidon clash
The 2013 Sidon clash, or Battle of Abra, was a June 23–24, 2013 fight between the Lebanese army and Sunni cleric Ahmad al-Assir's followers in Abra near Sidon, killing 18 soldiers and about 40 militants; al-Assir fled.
2013 Soul Train Music Awards
The 2013 Soul Train Music Awards, hosted by Anthony Anderson at Las Vegas's Orleans Arena and aired December 1 on BET and Centric; Kendrick Lamar led nominations, Dionne Warwick and Keith Sweat were honored, and Tamar Braxton and Robin Thicke won two awards each.
2013 Stanley Cup Finals
2013 Stanley Cup Finals: Chicago Blackhawks beat Boston Bruins 4-2 for the NHL title, their first Final meeting; Chicago won Game 6 3-2 on Bickell and Bolland goals 17 seconds apart.
2013 Stanley Cup playoffs
2013 Stanley Cup playoffs, NHL postseason for the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season, began April 30, 2013; Chicago Blackhawks beat Boston Bruins 4-2 in the Final on Bolland's goal 17 seconds after Bickell's tying goal in Game 6; Kane won the Conn Smythe.