New Zealand singer Lorde released her debut album 'Pure Heroine.'
The 14th IAAF World Championships opened in Moscow, Russia.
The Paluweh volcano in Indonesia erupted and claimed six lives.
A male cheerleader shot and killed four people, and injured four more at two locations in Dallas, Texas.
A suicide bomber detonated a bomb in Quetta, Pakistan, during the funeral of a police officer.
The world's first lab-grown bovine stem cell burger was consumed in London.
Former US Army Private Chelsea Manning was convicted on 17 espionage charges.
Around 1,000 prisoners escaped from Queyfiya Prison in Benghazi, Libya.
Seven people were killed when a French passenger train derailed in Brétigny-Sur-Orge.
Edward Snowden was charged with spying and stealing 'government property.'
Edward Snowden publicly declared that he was the source of the leaked NSA documents.
The Church of Scotland voted in favor of allowing openly gay men and women to be ministers.
Sweden defeated Switzerland in the 2013 World Ice Hockey Championship.
British boy band JLS, known from the talent show X-Factor, announced they had split up.
A garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed.
Paleontologists unearthed dinosaur eggs with embryonic bones inside in China.
The Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher died at 87 years old.
The world's largest postage stamp was released.
Water-bearing minerals were discovered on Mars by NASA's Curiosity Rover.
Pope Francis succeeds Pope Benedict XVI.
Willcom announced the world's smallest and lightest phone.
Pope Benedict XVI resigns.
Nineteen tourists were killed in a hot air balloon crash in Luxor, Egypt.
The first electric car charging network debuted in Estonia.
A meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, which sent shockwaves that smashed windows and injured 1,500 people.
A category 3 blizzard wreaked havoc in the US and Canada.
The House of Commons voted in favor of same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom.
The French government made it so that Parisian women could legally wear pants.
South Korea's first launch vehicle successfully reached orbit for the first time.
Earth-like calcium-rich deposits were found on Mars by NASA's Curiosity Rover.
Vladimir Putin signed a law banning the US adoption of Russian children.
Eleven kindergarten children were killed after a minivan plunged into a roadside pond in Jiangxi, China.
First female President of South Korea elected.
Gunmen killed six health workers in Pakistan.
NASA completed a successful mission to map the Moon's gravity field.
After countless failures, North Korea launched its first satellite.
Bombs in Hilla and Karbala, Iraq, killed 30 Shias and wounded 100 others.
A 100-vehicle pile-up on a highway in Texas killed two people and injured 120 more.
The Northern Territory of Australia and the South Pacific were darkened by a total eclipse of the sun.
Seventeen soldiers lost their lives in a helicopter crash during bad weather in Turkey.
The New York City Marathon was canceled due to Hurricane Sandy.
Walt Disney bought out Lucasfilm Ltd for $4 billion.
The James Bond spy movie 'Skyfall,' starring Daniel Craig, premiered at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK.
Native American Kateri Tekakwitha became the first native to become a saint.
A painting called 'Abstraktes' by Gerhard Richter sold for a record $34 million.
14-year-old girls-rights activist Malala Yousafzai was shot three times on her way to school.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Athens and was met by 50,000 protestors.
Pope Benedict XVI's butler, Paolo Gabriele, was convicted and jailed for 18 months for leaking confidential documents.
China banned all literature from Japan or by Japanese authors.
Iran blocked access to Google and Gmail due to an anti-Islam movie that triggered protests worldwide.
