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It was another long, tiring overtime game in the Stanley Cup finals, but this time the Boston Bruins prevailed, thanks to Daniel Paille’s open wrist shot in overtime.
From the outside, most smartphones look the same, and technology companies seem to be making a bigger effort to distinguish themselves by the interface experience.
Kanye West’s sixth solo album, “Yeezus,” arrives with all eyes and ears on Mr. West, but the sound and attitude often say more than the actual words.
Turkish authorities took aim not just at the demonstrators in Taksim Square, but also at the medics who treated their injuries and the business owners who sheltered them.
A long-running economic policy debate over austerity versus stimulus was expected to be muted at the Group of 8 summit as participants concentrated on addressing the escalating civil war in Syria.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 12, 2013, covering June 16, 2013.
Daft Punk
Alice in Chains
John Fogerty
Little Mix
Blake Shelton
2013Sam Farber, American businessman, co-founded OXO (born 1924)[†]
Samuel Farber was an American industrial designer and businessman.
2013Hans Hass, Austrian biologist and diver (born 1919)[†]
Hans Hass was an Austrian biologist and underwater diving pioneer. He was known mainly for being among the first scientists to popularise coral reefs, stingrays, octopuses and sharks. He pioneered the making of documentaries filmed underwater and led the development of a type of rebreather. He is also known for his energon theory and his commitment to protecting the environment.
2013Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic (born 1950)[†]
Khondakar Ashraf Hossain was a leading postmodernist poet, essayist, translator, and editor from Bangladesh. He wrote more than eighteen titles.
2013Norman Ian MacKenzie, English journalist and author (born 1921)[†]
Norman Ian MacKenzie was a British journalist, academic and historian who helped in the founding of the Open University (OU) in the late 1960s.
2013Ottmar Walter, German footballer (born 1924)[†]
Ottmar Kurt Herrmann Walter was a German footballer who played as a forward.
2013A multi-day cloudburst, centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, causes devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.[†]
In June 2013, a mid-day cloudburst centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand caused devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami. The rainfall received that month was far greater than the rainfall the state usually received. Debris blocked the rivers, causing major overflow. The main day of the flood was 16 June 2013.
In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]