page_title: 2013
section_title: April
hierarchical_section_title: 2013 / Events / April
caption_attribution_description: Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, at the Swedish Royal Wedding in Stockholm, 2010.
context_page_description: 2013 was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the first year since 1987 to have all four of its digits being different numbers.
context_section_description: April 2 - The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Arms Trade Treaty to regulate the international trade of conventional weapons.
  April 3 - Floods kill over 50 people in La Plata and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  April 9 - Inauguration of Uhuru Kenyatta as President of Kenya.
  April 9 - A shooting in a village south of Belgrade, Serbia, kills 13 people.
  April 13 - The art museum Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam re-opens after 10 years of restoration work.
  April 14 - Presidential election in Venezuela: Nicolas Maduro narrowly defeats Opposition candidate Henrique Capriles.
  April 15 - 2013 Boston Marathon bombings: About three hours after the winners crossed the line in the Boston Marathon, two loud explosions occur near Copley Square just before the photo bridge that marks the finish line. 3 people are killed and over 170 are injured. A few days later suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shoot-out with police after killing an officer. His brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is later arrested.
  April 16 - A magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurs, centred in southeast Iran, near the border with Pakistan. Casualties and damage are reported on both sides of the border.
  April 17 - New Zealand legalizes same-sex marriage.
  April 17 - The funeral of Margaret Thatcher takes place in London, attended by both current and former political figures from around the world.
  April 17 - West Fertilizer Plant explosion: A fertilizer plant in West, Texas explodes, killing several people and injuring over 100.
  April 19 - Jiroemon Kimura becomes the first man in history verified to reach 116 years of age.
  April 20 - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake strike's China's Sichuan province, with hundreds of people killed.
  April 20 - Giorgio Napolitano is elected to a second term as President of Italy, the first time an Italian President will serve a second term in office.
  April 23 - The Parliament of France supports the legalizing of same-sex marriage in the country.
  April 24 - A clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapses, killing over 1,100 people in one of the worst-ever industrial accidents.
  April 26 - A fire at a psychiatric hospital near Moscow, Russia, kills 38 people.
  April 28 - Enrico Letta becomes Prime Minister of Italy. At the same time, two police officers are injured in a shooting outside his office in central Rome.
  April 29 - NBA player Jason Collins announces that he is openly gay, the first active sportsman in the US to do so.
  April 30 - Accession of Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, the first King of the Netherlands since 1890, after Beatrix of the Netherlands officially abdicated the throne after 33 years as Queen.
caption: King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
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