2011年

2011年 — 韩国: Kim Jong Il dies, Kim Jong Un takes over as the Supreme Leader of North Korea. The National Intelligence Service accuses pro-unification lawmakers of being spies. One of the members was a former Democratic Party representative. In a move indicative of the heavy-handedness of the Park regime, the party is outlawed and key party members are imprisoned / 中国: 2011年缅甸地震 / 日本: 2011年4月福島地震 /…

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韩国大韩民国 1948–	中国中华人民共和国 1949–	日本平成 1989–2019	美国美国 1776–
Kim Jong Il dies, Kim Jong Un takes over as the Supreme Leader of North Korea. The National Intelligence Service accuses pro-unification lawmakers of being spies. One of the members was a former Democratic Party representative. In a move indicative of the heavy-handedness of the Park regime, the party is outlawed and key party members are imprisoned.EN 12월 17일 김정일 사망, 김정은 국방위원회 제1위원장 집권(조선민주주의인민공화국)KO 무역 1조 달러 돌파KO 20099월 김대중 전 대통령 서거 20095월 노무현 전 대통령 서거 2009UAE 원전 수주 60조원 2010South Korean island Yeonpyeongdo is bombarded by North Korea. 201219 December. Park Geun-hye, a daughter of Park Chung Hee, is elected as first female and the 11th president of South Korea. 20123월 15일 한미 FTA 발효 201312 December. North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, executes his uncle and major North Korean politician, Jang Song-thaek. 20132월 25일 박근혜 대통령 취임, 박근혜 정부 출범	2011年缅甸地震 2011年錫金地震 2011年盈江地震月29日，“天宫一号”实验性空间站发射升空，后于2018年4月结束任务、落入大气层。烏坎事件月1日，“神舟八号”无人飞船顺利发射升空，与天宫一号对接，并于11月17日返回地球。 2011年喀什暴力恐怖袭击事件 2011年和田市“7·18”暴力恐怖袭击事件 October — The 100th Anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution and Republic of China was commemorated.EN Central Tibetan Administration general electionEN 月，中国红十字会爆发重大丑闻“郭美美事件 ”。月14日，大连市爆发上万人参加的反对PX项目游行。月，内蒙古抗议示威事件。月，深圳举办“2011年世界大学生夏季运动会”。月，微博实行实名制。月起，中国南方水灾，至少105人死亡，63人失踪。月，北斗二号导航系统开始为中国及周边地区用户提供服务。月23日，甬台温铁路列车追尾事故，造成40人死亡、上百人受伤。月起，中国秋季洪涝灾害，共造成97人死亡、21人失踪。 1月1日中俄原油管道投入运行。中國國內生產總值超越日本成為全球第二大經濟體。蓬莱19-3油田溢油事故。深圳举办世界大学生夏季运动会。10月10日，中華民國100年國慶。 2009乌鲁木齐七五事件 20092009年不丹地震 20092009年花蓮地震 2009Xinjiang earthquake 2009October — 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China: A military parade on Chang'an Avenue in Beijing commemorated the establishment of the PRC. 2009月，黑龙江“鹤岗新兴煤矿爆炸事故”造成108人死亡。 2009月，第24屆冬季大學生運動會在哈爾濱舉辦。 2009哈爾濱舉行第二十四屆冬季大學生運動會。乌鲁木齐七五事件。八八水災。 2009月，香港中文大学教授、前校长高锟获得诺贝尔物理学奖。 2009月，力拓集团驻上海办事处员工被中国国家安全机关依法刑事拘留（参见：力拓案）。 2009月，时任美国总统贝拉克·奥巴马首次访华，与时任中国国家主席胡锦涛会面。 2009月5日，新疆乌鲁木齐爆发大规模骚乱，史称“乌鲁木齐七五事件”，造成至少197人死亡，另有1721人受伤。 2010月，中国、俄罗斯、印度、巴西、南非成立“金砖五国”。 2010中國2010年上海世界博覽會 20102010年玉樹地震 2010月，刘晓波获得诺贝尔和平奖，成为首位获得诺贝尔奖的中华人民共和国公民。 20102010年高雄地震 2010中国―东盟自由贸易区启动。海峽兩岸經濟合作架構協議（ECFA）簽訂。上海舉辦世界博覽會。臺北縣升格為新北市，臺南縣市、高雄縣市、臺中縣市分別合併升格為直轄市。 2010리강 사건 2010月1日，“嫦娥二号”月球探测器发射升空。 2010月，中华人民共和国第六次全国人口普查显示中国总人口超过13.39亿。 2010月24日，黑龙江“伊春空难”造成44人死亡、52人受伤。 2010月，青海玉树特大地震造成2698人死亡、270人失踪，另有12135人受伤。 2010月，广西重大泥石流事件造成至少43人死亡。 2010月-10月，上海世博会。 2010月，甘肃舟曲泥石流灾害导致1557人死亡，两条河流被截断形成堰塞湖。 2010月起，特大水灾造成至少1072人丧生、619人失踪，110万间房屋倒塌，直接经济损失达到2100亿元人民币。 2010月15日，上海靜安教師公寓發生大火，共造成58人死亡，死者多為退休教師，另有71人受傷。 2010月23日，谷歌公司宣称因为遭到中国网络攻击，决定退出中国。 2010月，第十六届亚洲运动会在中国广州举行。 2012July — The Three Gorges Dam went into operation. 2012月25日，中国第一艘航空母舰“辽宁号”正式交付使用。 2012月11日，莫言获得诺贝尔文学奖，成为首位获此殊荣的中国籍作家。 2012月16日，“神舟九号”载人飞船搭载景海鹏、刘旺、刘洋三位航天员发射升空，与天宫一号对接，于6月29日返回地球。 2012Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances 20122012年彝良地震 2012August — 2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations: Anti-Japanese protests took place in China due to the Senkaku Islands dispute. 2012月8日-14日，中国共产党第十八次全国代表大会在北京召开，习近平在11月15日召开的中共十八届一中全会上当选中共中央总书记，其他当选的中共中央政治局常委包括李克强、张德江、俞正声、刘云山、王岐山、张高丽（参见：中国共产党第十八届中央委员会）。此后，大规模反腐败运动展开，但外界对此也有“清洗政治对手”、“选择性反腐”的质疑。 20122012年扬州地震 20122012年啟豐二號船員登上釣魚島事件 2012月6日，原重庆市公安局局长王立军私自进入美国驻成都总领事馆（“王立军事件”），引发中国巨大政治变动，后续事件包括薄熙来事件和周永康案。 2012馬英九當選第13任總統。第8屆立委選舉。薄熙来、周永康等被捕。11月15日，習近平當選中國共產黨中央委員會總書記及中國共產黨中央軍事委員會主席。 2012月，湖南衡阳发生大规模贿选案件。 2012月，北京特大暴雨造成79人死亡、160.2万人受灾，经济损失116.4亿元。 2013One Belt, One Road was proposed to connect and cooperate among countries primarily between China and rest of Eurasia. 2013月14日，“嫦娥三号”和“玉兔号”完成首次月面软着陆和月面巡视勘探。 2013月28日，北京发生天安门金水桥恐怖袭击案，五人死亡。 2013月11日，“神舟十号”载人飞船搭载聂海胜、张晓光、王亚平三位航天员顺利发射升空，与天宫一号对接，并于6月26日返回地球。 2013China–Russia floods 20132013年巴楚县“4·23”暴力恐怖袭击事件 20132013年3月南投地震 20132013年6月南投地震 2013深化国防和军队改革 2013September — The Shanghai Free-Trade Zone was established. 2013月3日，吉林寶源豐禽業公司因液氨泄漏發生火災，造成121人死亡，77人受傷。 2013月5日-17日，在第十二届全国人民代表大会第一次会议上，习近平当选中华人民共和国主席，李克强当选中华人民共和国国务院总理。 2013月16日，辽宁抚顺“8·16”特大洪灾，共造成76人死亡、88人失踪。 2013月7日，廈門BRT快1線發生公車起火事故，造成47人死亡、34人受傷，事故原因認定為自殺式縱火襲擊。 2013月25日，中国共产党总书记习近平在北京会见中国国民党荣誉主席连战及随访的台湾各界人士，是首次“习连会”。 2013月20日，四川省芦山“4·20”7.0级强烈地震（雅安大地震），造成196人死亡。 20134月20日芦山地震。洪仲丘事件。臺紐經濟合作協定（ANZTEC）、臺星經濟合作協定（ASTEP）簽訂。 2013月28日，第十二届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第六次会议通过《关于废止有关劳动教养法律规定的决定》，劳教制度正式废止。	2011年4月福島地震 2011年靜岡地震榮村地震 March — Japan gets hit with the (earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster, etc.), which claimed the lives of 20,000 people.EN March — Japan Self-Defense Force Base was established in Djibouti.EN January and March — The Tokyo Skytree 634.0 metres (2,080 ft) became the third tallest tower in the world, which opened in 2012.EN 20092009年靜岡地震 2009September — Yukio Hatoyama was elected 95th Prime Minister of Japan. 2009(平成21年) 2009August — Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda lost his election to Democratic Party leader Yukio Hatoyama. 2010July — According to the United Nations, Japanese population has now peaked. 2010July — Prime Minister Naoto Kan won the House of Councillors election. 20102010年父岛地震 20102010年羽曳野市枪击事件 20102010年福島地震 2010일본 구제역 확산 2010June — Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned and Naoto Kan become the 96th Prime Minister of Japan. 2010(平成22年) 2012December — Shinzo Abe is inaugurated as the 98th Prime Minister of Japan. 20122012年啟豐二號船員登上釣魚島事件 2012Fantastic Babys 2012December — Shinzo Abe wins the general election for the first time. 2013Minamata Convention on Mercury 20132013年淡路島地震 2013July — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won the House of Councillors election at the first time. 20132013年北海道地震 2013September — During the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Japan is awarded the rights to host 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games for the first time since the Reiwa period. Istanbul and Madrid were other contenders. 2013December — The State Secrecy Law passes the National Diet. 2013June to October — 2013 Japanese heatwave, according to Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare official confirmed report, 1,077 people lost their lives to heatwave, caused by heat stroke, second worst heatwave disaster in Japan. 2013January — Abenomics and Japanese policies are enacted to handle the consequences of the Lost Decade. Japanese aging population has begun to decrease since July 2010.	Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda and mastermind of the September 11 attacks, is killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by U.S. Navy SEALs.EN Virginia earthquakeEN Joplin tornadoEN STS-135: The Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, ending the 30-year shuttle program, which began with the launch of Space Shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981.EN A tornado devastates Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 and injuring over 1,000, making it the deadliest single U.S. tornado since the advent of modern weather forecastingEN The ATF gunwalking scandal emerged, wherein thousands of guns were allowed to "walk" through interdiction to Mexico, supposedly to aid in the capture of criminals.EN Oklahoma earthquakeEN Colorado earthquakeEN A series of tornadoes cause heavy damage in the South, Alabama being the hardest hit. 324 people are killed in the deadliest American natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina.EN Representative Gabrielle Giffords is severely wounded in an assassination attempt when a gunman went on a shooting spree, killing federal judge John Roll and five other people, and wounding at least 13 others, at an event Giffords was hosting in suburban Tucson, Arizona.EN Flooding devastates the Mississippi River valley causing $2 to $4 billion in damage.EN Casey Marie Anthony is acquitted of all charges related to the death of her daughter, Caylee; she was convicted of four counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer. She was released a week later because of credit for time served.EN 2009Pop icon Michael Jackson dies, creating the largest public mourning for an entertainer since the death of Elvis Presley. 2009swine flu pandemic in the United States 2009shooting of Pittsburgh police officers 20092009年纽约州第二十国会选区特别选举 2009Nobel Peace Prize 2009The first of a series of Tea Party protests are conducted across the United States, focusing on smaller government, fiscal responsibility, individual freedoms and conservative views of the Constitution. 2009Nidal Hasan kills 12 servicemen and injures 31 in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. 2009President Obama obtains Congressional approval for the $787 billion stimulus package, the largest since President Dwight D. Eisenhower. 2010The Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the sea. The spill becomes the worst oil spill in American history. 2010Times Square car bombing attempt 2010California Proposition 19 20102010年尤里卡地震 2010더 투나잇 쇼 사태 2010Illinois earthquake 2010In the 2010 Midterm elections, the Republicans retake the House of Representatives as the Democrats lose 63 seats. 2012Hurricane Sandy strikes the Eastern Seaboard. 2012A gunman kills 12 and injures 70 at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. 2012California Proposition 39 2012U.S. presidential election, 2012: Barack Obama reelected president, Joe Biden reelected vice president. 2012Killing of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams 2012U.S. Virgin Islands Republican presidential caucuses 2012Northern Mariana Islands Republican presidential caucuses 2012American Samoa Republican presidential caucuses 2012campaign 2012January 20, 2013 – President Obama and Vice President Biden begin their second terms. 2013서아프리카 에볼라 유행 2013Black Lives Matter emerges as a political movement, protesting against widespread racial profiling, police brutality, and racial inequality in the United States criminal justice system. 2013Edward Snowden leaks highly classified documents from the National Security Agency. 2013The most destructive wildfire in Colorado history burns nearly 16,000 acres and kills two people. 2013A tornado devastates suburbs near Oklahoma City, killing 24. 2013The Supreme Court strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act, which banned the federal recognition of same-sex marriages and refused to recognize the legal standing of proponents of Proposition 8, which resulted in the re-legalization of same-sex marriage in California. 2013Terrorists attack the Boston Marathon by detonating two bombs at the finishing line of the race, killing three and injuring 283 runners and spectators. Suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev then led Boston police on a high-speed chase, killing one officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tamerlan was killed in a shootout with police and Dzhokhar was detained the day after. 2013Christopher Dorner murders three people in Southern California, starting the largest manhunt in Los Angeles history. His spree ends in Big Bear Lake, California where he barricades himself in a cabin, kills a second officer, before committing suicide.

韩国大韩民国 1948–

中国中华人民共和国 1949–

日本平成 1989–2019

美国美国 1776–

Kim Jong Il dies, Kim Jong Un takes over as the Supreme Leader of North Korea. The National Intelligence Service accuses pro-unification lawmakers of being spies. One of the members was a former Democratic Party representative. In a move indicative of the heavy-handedness of the Park regime, the party is outlawed and key party members are imprisoned.EN
12월 17일 김정일 사망, 김정은 국방위원회 제1위원장 집권(조선민주주의인민공화국)KO
무역 1조 달러 돌파KO

20099월 김대중 전 대통령 서거
20095월 노무현 전 대통령 서거
2009UAE 원전 수주 60조원
2010South Korean island Yeonpyeongdo is bombarded by North Korea.
201219 December. Park Geun-hye, a daughter of Park Chung Hee, is elected as first female and the 11th president of South Korea.
20123월 15일 한미 FTA 발효
201312 December. North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, executes his uncle and major North Korean politician, Jang Song-thaek.
20132월 25일 박근혜 대통령 취임, 박근혜 정부 출범

2011年缅甸地震
2011年錫金地震
2011年盈江地震
月29日，“天宫一号”实验性空间站发射升空，后于2018年4月结束任务、落入大气层。
烏坎事件
月1日，“神舟八号”无人飞船顺利发射升空，与天宫一号对接，并于11月17日返回地球。
2011年喀什暴力恐怖袭击事件
2011年和田市“7·18”暴力恐怖袭击事件
October — The 100th Anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution and Republic of China was commemorated.EN
Central Tibetan Administration general electionEN
月，中国红十字会爆发重大丑闻“郭美美事件 ”。
月14日，大连市爆发上万人参加的反对PX项目游行。
月，内蒙古抗议示威事件。
月，深圳举办“2011年世界大学生夏季运动会”。
月，微博实行实名制。
月起，中国南方水灾，至少105人死亡，63人失踪。
月，北斗二号导航系统开始为中国及周边地区用户提供服务。
月23日，甬台温铁路列车追尾事故，造成40人死亡、上百人受伤。
月起，中国秋季洪涝灾害，共造成97人死亡、21人失踪。
1月1日中俄原油管道投入运行。中國國內生產總值超越日本成為全球第二大經濟體。蓬莱19-3油田溢油事故。深圳举办世界大学生夏季运动会。10月10日，中華民國100年國慶。

2009乌鲁木齐七五事件
20092009年不丹地震
20092009年花蓮地震
2009Xinjiang earthquake
2009October — 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China: A military parade on Chang'an Avenue in Beijing commemorated the establishment of the PRC.
2009月，黑龙江“鹤岗新兴煤矿爆炸事故”造成108人死亡。
2009月，第24屆冬季大學生運動會在哈爾濱舉辦。
2009哈爾濱舉行第二十四屆冬季大學生運動會。乌鲁木齐七五事件。八八水災。
2009月，香港中文大学教授、前校长高锟获得诺贝尔物理学奖。
2009月，力拓集团驻上海办事处员工被中国国家安全机关依法刑事拘留（参见：力拓案）。
2009月，时任美国总统贝拉克·奥巴马首次访华，与时任中国国家主席胡锦涛会面。
2009月5日，新疆乌鲁木齐爆发大规模骚乱，史称“乌鲁木齐七五事件”，造成至少197人死亡，另有1721人受伤。
2010月，中国、俄罗斯、印度、巴西、南非成立“金砖五国”。
2010中國2010年上海世界博覽會
20102010年玉樹地震
2010月，刘晓波获得诺贝尔和平奖，成为首位获得诺贝尔奖的中华人民共和国公民。
20102010年高雄地震
2010中国―东盟自由贸易区启动。海峽兩岸經濟合作架構協議（ECFA）簽訂。上海舉辦世界博覽會。臺北縣升格為新北市，臺南縣市、高雄縣市、臺中縣市分別合併升格為直轄市。
2010리강 사건
2010月1日，“嫦娥二号”月球探测器发射升空。
2010月，中华人民共和国第六次全国人口普查显示中国总人口超过13.39亿。
2010月24日，黑龙江“伊春空难”造成44人死亡、52人受伤。
2010月，青海玉树特大地震造成2698人死亡、270人失踪，另有12135人受伤。
2010月，广西重大泥石流事件造成至少43人死亡。
2010月-10月，上海世博会。
2010月，甘肃舟曲泥石流灾害导致1557人死亡，两条河流被截断形成堰塞湖。
2010月起，特大水灾造成至少1072人丧生、619人失踪，110万间房屋倒塌，直接经济损失达到2100亿元人民币。
2010月15日，上海靜安教師公寓發生大火，共造成58人死亡，死者多為退休教師，另有71人受傷。
2010月23日，谷歌公司宣称因为遭到中国网络攻击，决定退出中国。
2010月，第十六届亚洲运动会在中国广州举行。
2012July — The Three Gorges Dam went into operation.
2012月25日，中国第一艘航空母舰“辽宁号”正式交付使用。
2012月11日，莫言获得诺贝尔文学奖，成为首位获此殊荣的中国籍作家。
2012月16日，“神舟九号”载人飞船搭载景海鹏、刘旺、刘洋三位航天员发射升空，与天宫一号对接，于6月29日返回地球。
2012Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
20122012年彝良地震
2012August — 2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations: Anti-Japanese protests took place in China due to the Senkaku Islands dispute.
2012月8日-14日，中国共产党第十八次全国代表大会在北京召开，习近平在11月15日召开的中共十八届一中全会上当选中共中央总书记，其他当选的中共中央政治局常委包括李克强、张德江、俞正声、刘云山、王岐山、张高丽（参见：中国共产党第十八届中央委员会）。此后，大规模反腐败运动展开，但外界对此也有“清洗政治对手”、“选择性反腐”的质疑。
20122012年扬州地震
20122012年啟豐二號船員登上釣魚島事件
2012月6日，原重庆市公安局局长王立军私自进入美国驻成都总领事馆（“王立军事件”），引发中国巨大政治变动，后续事件包括薄熙来事件和周永康案。
2012馬英九當選第13任總統。第8屆立委選舉。薄熙来、周永康等被捕。11月15日，習近平當選中國共產黨中央委員會總書記及中國共產黨中央軍事委員會主席。
2012月，湖南衡阳发生大规模贿选案件。
2012月，北京特大暴雨造成79人死亡、160.2万人受灾，经济损失116.4亿元。
2013One Belt, One Road was proposed to connect and cooperate among countries primarily between China and rest of Eurasia.
2013月14日，“嫦娥三号”和“玉兔号”完成首次月面软着陆和月面巡视勘探。
2013月28日，北京发生天安门金水桥恐怖袭击案，五人死亡。
2013月11日，“神舟十号”载人飞船搭载聂海胜、张晓光、王亚平三位航天员顺利发射升空，与天宫一号对接，并于6月26日返回地球。
2013China–Russia floods
20132013年巴楚县“4·23”暴力恐怖袭击事件
20132013年3月南投地震
20132013年6月南投地震
2013深化国防和军队改革
2013September — The Shanghai Free-Trade Zone was established.
2013月3日，吉林寶源豐禽業公司因液氨泄漏發生火災，造成121人死亡，77人受傷。
2013月5日-17日，在第十二届全国人民代表大会第一次会议上，习近平当选中华人民共和国主席，李克强当选中华人民共和国国务院总理。
2013月16日，辽宁抚顺“8·16”特大洪灾，共造成76人死亡、88人失踪。
2013月7日，廈門BRT快1線發生公車起火事故，造成47人死亡、34人受傷，事故原因認定為自殺式縱火襲擊。
2013月25日，中国共产党总书记习近平在北京会见中国国民党荣誉主席连战及随访的台湾各界人士，是首次“习连会”。
2013月20日，四川省芦山“4·20”7.0级强烈地震（雅安大地震），造成196人死亡。
20134月20日芦山地震。洪仲丘事件。臺紐經濟合作協定（ANZTEC）、臺星經濟合作協定（ASTEP）簽訂。
2013月28日，第十二届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第六次会议通过《关于废止有关劳动教养法律规定的决定》，劳教制度正式废止。

2011年4月福島地震
2011年靜岡地震
榮村地震
March — Japan gets hit with the (earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster, etc.), which claimed the lives of 20,000 people.EN
March — Japan Self-Defense Force Base was established in Djibouti.EN
January and March — The Tokyo Skytree 634.0 metres (2,080 ft) became the third tallest tower in the world, which opened in 2012.EN

20092009年靜岡地震
2009September — Yukio Hatoyama was elected 95th Prime Minister of Japan.
2009(平成21年)
2009August — Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda lost his election to Democratic Party leader Yukio Hatoyama.
2010July — According to the United Nations, Japanese population has now peaked.
2010July — Prime Minister Naoto Kan won the House of Councillors election.
20102010年父岛地震
20102010年羽曳野市枪击事件
20102010年福島地震
2010일본 구제역 확산
2010June — Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned and Naoto Kan become the 96th Prime Minister of Japan.
2010(平成22年)
2012December — Shinzo Abe is inaugurated as the 98th Prime Minister of Japan.
20122012年啟豐二號船員登上釣魚島事件
2012Fantastic Babys
2012December — Shinzo Abe wins the general election for the first time.
2013Minamata Convention on Mercury
20132013年淡路島地震
2013July — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won the House of Councillors election at the first time.
20132013年北海道地震
2013September — During the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Japan is awarded the rights to host 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games for the first time since the Reiwa period. Istanbul and Madrid were other contenders.
2013December — The State Secrecy Law passes the National Diet.
2013June to October — 2013 Japanese heatwave, according to Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare official confirmed report, 1,077 people lost their lives to heatwave, caused by heat stroke, second worst heatwave disaster in Japan.
2013January — Abenomics and Japanese policies are enacted to handle the consequences of the Lost Decade. Japanese aging population has begun to decrease since July 2010.

Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda and mastermind of the September 11 attacks, is killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by U.S. Navy SEALs.EN
Virginia earthquakeEN
Joplin tornadoEN
STS-135: The Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, ending the 30-year shuttle program, which began with the launch of Space Shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981.EN
A tornado devastates Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 and injuring over 1,000, making it the deadliest single U.S. tornado since the advent of modern weather forecastingEN
The ATF gunwalking scandal emerged, wherein thousands of guns were allowed to "walk" through interdiction to Mexico, supposedly to aid in the capture of criminals.EN
Oklahoma earthquakeEN
Colorado earthquakeEN
A series of tornadoes cause heavy damage in the South, Alabama being the hardest hit. 324 people are killed in the deadliest American natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina.EN
Representative Gabrielle Giffords is severely wounded in an assassination attempt when a gunman went on a shooting spree, killing federal judge John Roll and five other people, and wounding at least 13 others, at an event Giffords was hosting in suburban Tucson, Arizona.EN
Flooding devastates the Mississippi River valley causing $2 to $4 billion in damage.EN
Casey Marie Anthony is acquitted of all charges related to the death of her daughter, Caylee; she was convicted of four counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer. She was released a week later because of credit for time served.EN

2009Pop icon Michael Jackson dies, creating the largest public mourning for an entertainer since the death of Elvis Presley.
2009swine flu pandemic in the United States
2009shooting of Pittsburgh police officers
20092009年纽约州第二十国会选区特别选举
2009Nobel Peace Prize
2009The first of a series of Tea Party protests are conducted across the United States, focusing on smaller government, fiscal responsibility, individual freedoms and conservative views of the Constitution.
2009Nidal Hasan kills 12 servicemen and injures 31 in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting.
2009President Obama obtains Congressional approval for the $787 billion stimulus package, the largest since President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
2010The Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the sea. The spill becomes the worst oil spill in American history.
2010Times Square car bombing attempt
2010California Proposition 19
20102010年尤里卡地震
2010더 투나잇 쇼 사태
2010Illinois earthquake
2010In the 2010 Midterm elections, the Republicans retake the House of Representatives as the Democrats lose 63 seats.
2012Hurricane Sandy strikes the Eastern Seaboard.
2012A gunman kills 12 and injures 70 at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.
2012California Proposition 39
2012U.S. presidential election, 2012: Barack Obama reelected president, Joe Biden reelected vice president.
2012Killing of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams
2012U.S. Virgin Islands Republican presidential caucuses
2012Northern Mariana Islands Republican presidential caucuses
2012American Samoa Republican presidential caucuses
2012campaign
2012January 20, 2013 – President Obama and Vice President Biden begin their second terms.
2013서아프리카 에볼라 유행
2013Black Lives Matter emerges as a political movement, protesting against widespread racial profiling, police brutality, and racial inequality in the United States criminal justice system.
2013Edward Snowden leaks highly classified documents from the National Security Agency.
2013The most destructive wildfire in Colorado history burns nearly 16,000 acres and kills two people.
2013A tornado devastates suburbs near Oklahoma City, killing 24.
2013The Supreme Court strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act, which banned the federal recognition of same-sex marriages and refused to recognize the legal standing of proponents of Proposition 8, which resulted in the re-legalization of same-sex marriage in California.
2013Terrorists attack the Boston Marathon by detonating two bombs at the finishing line of the race, killing three and injuring 283 runners and spectators. Suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev then led Boston police on a high-speed chase, killing one officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tamerlan was killed in a shootout with police and Dzhokhar was detained the day after.
2013Christopher Dorner murders three people in Southern California, starting the largest manhunt in Los Angeles history. His spree ends in Big Bear Lake, California where he barricades himself in a cabin, kills a second officer, before committing suicide.