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This article covers breaking news and events in August 2013.
Daily events
Thursday 1st August 2013
- Berlin / Germany : In Germany, parents are legally entitled to a place in a kindergarten and, alternatively, to the payment of childcare allowance .
- Rome / Italy : The former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is sentenced to four years in prison by the highest court of appeal in Italy.
Sunday 4th August 2013
- Barcelona / Spain : The 15th FINA World Championships the FINA going to end. The most successful nation is the United States with 34 medals. The swimmers from Germany won ten medals, but once again no gold medal in the classic disciplines between 50 m and 800 m.
- Funafuti / Tuvalu : Enele Sopoaga is elected Prime Minister Tuvalus in parliament.
Monday 5th August 2013
- Staufen / Germany : As the first of the buildings damaged by geothermal drilling , the former laundry is being demolished. The city administration last used the property from 1915 as a workshop and warehouse.
Tuesday 6th August 2013
- Berlin / Germany : The Berlin-Charlottenburg district court opens insolvency proceedings for the book publisher Suhrkamp .
- Nairobi / Kenya : In the event of a fire at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport , the arrival hall and the entry area are completely destroyed.
- Nuremberg / Germany : The Nuremberg Higher Regional Court orders the retrial in the Gustl Mollath case . The legal force of the judgment issued in 2006 and thus also the basis for Mollath's placement no longer apply with this order . He must be released immediately.
Wednesday 7th August 2013
- Prague / Czech Republic : The House of Representatives has withdrawn its confidence in Prime Minister Jiří Rusnok . The House can appoint another politician to form a government in the next few days, otherwise parliament is imminent.
- Washington, DC / United States : The American Amazon founder Jeff Bezos buys the daily newspaper Washington Post .
Thursday August 8, 2013
- Vienna / Austria : For the first time since the beginning of the weather recordings, 40.6 degrees in Neusiedl am See in Burgenland and 40.5 degrees in Bad Deutsch-Altenburg in Lower Austria have exceeded the 40 degree mark.
Friday 9th August 2013
- Copenhagen / Denmark : In the Helle Thorning-Schmidt I government , several new ministerial posts are awarded.
- Mainz / Germany : As a consequence of massive train cancellations in the Mainz area, railway boss Rüdiger Grube dismisses a high-ranking manager. The restrictions in train traffic are caused by insufficiently staffed dispatcher positions and are continuing.
- Munich / Germany : FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Mönchengladbach open the 51st season of the Bundesliga in Munich's Allianz Arena .
Saturday 10th August 2013
- Baghdad / Iraq : More than 50 people died in a series of attacks in Baghdad.
- Moscow / Russia : Start of the 2013 World Athletics Championships
Sunday 11th August 2013
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- Bamako / Mali : Former Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta wins the runoff election for the presidency in Mali .
- Konduga / Nigeria : At least 44 people died in a mosque in Konduga during an attack during the morning prayer by the Boko Haram .
Monday August 12, 2013
- Kochi / India : The INS Vikrant , the first aircraft carrier made in India, is launched .
Wednesday August 14, 2013
- Birmingham / United States : In Alabama , an Airbus A300 of the cargo airline UPS Airlines crashes on a meadow near Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport . Both pilots die.
- Cairo / Egypt : After escalation of violence with hundreds of deaths between security forces and supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi interim president imposed Adly Mansour the state of emergency over Egypt. Vice-President Mohammed el-Baradei has announced his resignation in protest against the violence.
- Mumbai / India : At a shipyard in Mumbai, several explosions occur on the INS Sindhurakshak submarine , causing a major fire. The boat sinks in shallow water while the fire works; 18 trapped sailors die.
Thursday 15th August 2013
- Baghdad / Iraq : At least 30 people died in a series of attacks in front of the American embassy and the Iraqi State Department.
- Beirut / Lebanon : At least 17 people die and 120 others are injured in a Shia bomb attack in the suburbs of Bir el-Abed and Roueiss .
Friday August 16, 2013
- Cebu / Philippines : At least 50 people die in a collision between a freighter and the ferry St. Thomas of Aquinas .
Sunday 18th August 2013
- Moscow / Russia : Completion of the World Athletics Championships 2013 - At the end of the World Athletics Championships in Moscow, the Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won his third gold medal. With a total of eight gold and two silver medals since 2007, he is the most successful participant in World Cup history.
Monday 19th August 2013
- Dhamara Ghat / India : In a train accident involving pilgrims to the Katyayani Temple , at least 35 people die on the Rajya Rani Express near the Dhamara Ghat station in Bihar state .
- San Diego / United States : The Mexican former boss of the drug cartel Tijuana Eduardo Arellano Félix is sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by the District Court of Southern California .
Tuesday 20th August 2013
- Afghanistan , Pakistan : At least 165 people die after floods in Pakistan and Afghanistan .
- Kota Bharu / Malaysia : At least 37 people die in a bus accident in the Genting highlands.
- Puncak Jaya / Indonesia : After a bus accident in the province of West Java, at least 16 people drown in the Cisarua River .
Wednesday August 21, 2013
- Anne Arundel County / United States : Whistleblower Bradley Manning is sentenced to 35 years in prison for treason at Fort George G. Meade military compound , Maryland .
- Ghouta / Syria : More than 1,400 people are said to have been killed in poison gas attacks .
Thursday 22nd August 2013
- Al-Mada'in / Iraq : At least 14 people died in a series of attacks in front of a barracks in Ramadi and a hotel in the province of al-Anbar .
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra / Bolivia : At least fifteen prisoners die in a prison revolt in Palmasola prison .
Friday 23rd August 2013
- San Francisco / United States : Because of the Rim Fire , the California governor triggers a disaster alarm for San Francisco and San Francisco County .
- Tripoli / Lebanon : At least ten people die in two serious explosions.
Saturday 24th August 2013
- Přelouč / Czech Republic : Start of the women's European fistball championship
- Bremen / Germany : Eight hooded people disrupt an election campaign event of the AfD and attack chairman Bernd Lucke .
Sunday 25th August 2013
- Baquba / Iraq : At least 41 people died in a series of attacks in Diyala Governorate .
Monday 26th August 2013
- Tarmijah / Iraq : At least 27 people died in two attacks in Nineveh .
- North Sea / Germany : BARD Offshore 1 , Germany's largest marine wind farm, is inaugurated by Federal Economics Minister Philipp Rösler .
- Minsk / Belarus : The head of the world's largest potash producer Uralkali is arrested on charges of abuse of office.
Wednesday August 28, 2013
- Potsdam / Germany : Dietmar Woidke is elected as the successor to the resigned Matthias Platzeck as Prime Minister of Brandenburg .
Thursday August 29, 2013
- Hanover / Germany : After an affair about his company car, Udo Paschedag , State Secretary in the Lower Saxony Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Consumer Protection and Regional Development , is recalled by Prime Minister Stephan Weil .
Friday August 30th 2013
- Prague / Czech Republic : With a 5-4 success on penalties , FC Bayern Munich wins the UEFA Super Cup for the first time in the final against the Chelsea team . After regular playing time it was 1: 1, after the end of extra time it was 2: 2.
Saturday 31st August 2013
- Vatican State : Pope Francis appoints Archbishop Pietro Parolin as his new State Secretary .
See also
- Nekrolog August 2013 for deaths this month
- List of annually recurring commemorative and action days in August
- Category for commemorative days, holidays or action days in August
Web links
Commons : August 2013 - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ zeit.de: Grant for everything , accessed on August 2, 2013
- ↑ spiegel.de: Berlusconi sentenced, ban on office being renegotiated , accessed on August 2, 2013
- ↑ Head coach Lambertz: Much “deep shadow”. In: pnp.de . August 4, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2017 .
- ^ Radio Australia: Tuvalu parliament elects new prime minister , accessed August 9, 2013
- ^ Staufen: Alte Wasserwerkstatt: Crack catastrophe in Staufen: The first building has to be demolished - badische-zeitung.de. Retrieved August 5, 2013 .
- ↑ Six years after geothermal drilling: House damaged by cracks falls - Nachrichten :: Baden-Württemberg | SWR.de. Retrieved August 5, 2013 .
- ↑ Suhrkamp files for insolvency ( memento of August 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) tagesschau.de, accessed on August 7, 2013
- ↑ Merkur Online : Serious fire at Nairobi airport on August 7, 2013
- ↑ OLG Nuremberg: Press release 12/13 corrected version . justiz.bayern.de, accessed on 6 Aug 2013.
- ↑ Mollath Discharge ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . br.de, accessed on August 6, 2013
- ↑ tagesschau.de:Tschechien ( Memento from August 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 11, 2013
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt.de: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos grabs the Washington Post , accessed on August 8, 2013
- ^ New Austrian temperature record , ORF on August 8, 2013
- ↑ zeit.de: Main station Mainz: Bahn dismisses managers due to train chaos , accessed on August 10, 2013
- ↑ Sueddeutsche.de: Dozens die in a series of attacks in Baghdad , accessed on August 10, 2013
- ↑ zeit.de: Ex-Prime Minister Keita wins the election in Mali , accessed on August 13, 2013
- ↑ Der Standard : Nigeria: 56 dead in attacks by Islamists on August 13, 2013
- ↑ India presents its own aircraft carrier . FAZ.net . August 12, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
- ↑ Fox News: UPS Cargo Plane crashes near Alabama Airport
- ↑ stern.de: More than 600 dead in Egypt ( memento from August 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 16, 2013.
- ↑ Sueddeutsche.de: Indian sailors trapped in submarines after explosion , accessed on August 16, 2013.
- ↑ Press TV : On August 15, more than 30 people were killed and 50 others wounded in separate bomb attacks in Iraq. dated August 22, 2013
- ↑ Deadly Lebanon blast in Beirut stronghold of Hezbollah , August 15, 2013
- ^ Welt Online : Search for victims of the ferry disaster interrupted on August 19, 2013
- ↑ India Times : Bihar Train Accident: Speeding Train Runs Over 35 Pilgrims, August 19, 2013
- ^ Spiegel Online : 15 years imprisonment for drug lord "El Doctor" from August 20, 2013
- ↑ Voice of Russia : Pakistan monsoon floods: 165 killed, 1.3 million affected from August 20, 2013
- ^ Wall Street Journal : Malaysia Bus Accident Claims 37 Lives, August 21, 2013
- ↑ ABC News : At Least 18 Killed in Indonesia Church Bus Crash - ABC News ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated August 21, 2013
- ^ Spiegel Online : US Military Tribunal: 35 years imprisonment for WikiLeaks informant Bradley Manning from August 21, 2013
- ↑ Syria intervention: Kerry presents evidence of Assad's use of chemical weapons. In: Spiegel Online . August 30, 2013, accessed August 30, 2013 .
- ↑ Iraq military HQ blast kills 14 - timesofmalta.com of 23 August 2013
- ↑ news.com.au : Authorities say the prison battle broke out before dawn at the Bolivian maximum-security jail. Source: News Limited as of August 23, 2013
- ↑ Al Jazeera : Scores dead in north Lebanon twin blasts from August 23, 2013
- ^ Autonomous people attack AfD party leader Lucke. In: Süddeutsche.de . August 24, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013 .
- ↑ Campaign speech by Bernd Lucke: Masked people attack AfD event. In: Spiegel Online . August 24, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013 .
- ↑ BBC News : Bomb blasts kill 'at least 41' across Iraq, August 25, 2013
- ↑ CNN : 27 killed in attacks across Iraq, August 26, 2013
- ↑ Aliaksandr Kudrytski, Yuliya Fedorinova: The arrest of the Uralkali boss creates diplomatic tensions. Die Welt , August 27, 2013, accessed on August 27, 2013 .
- ^ New Prime Minister elected in the Brandenburg State Parliament. (PDF; 113 kB) Landtag Brandenburg , August 28, 2013, accessed on September 1, 2013 .
- ↑ Landtag in Lower Saxony: Investigative committee should examine the company car affair. In: Spiegel Online . August 30, 2013, accessed August 30, 2013 .
- ↑ New Cardinal Secretary of State: Archbishop Parolin becomes number two in the Vatican. In: Spiegel Online . August 31, 2013, accessed August 31, 2013 .
