Caroline Purtle, co-entertainment editor
January 28, 2014
Filed under Entertainment
It’s well into January and everyone is now acquainted properly with 2014. The habitual date change is never an easy one, but there comes a time when one just has to move on from the past and leave the old year behind. To make this farewell a little sweeter, let’s take a glance at all the memories made in 2013.
January 14th: Lance Armstrong admits to an interview with Oprah Winfrey that he did dope using performance enhancing drugs during the Tour De France.
February 28th: Benedict XVI resigns as pope. He was the first to do so since 1415.
March 13th: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina was elected 266th pope.
April 15th: Two Islamist brothers bomb the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts.
June 15th: Kim Kardashian gives birth to child North West, father Kanye West.
June 26th: Supreme Court rules that the government must give gays the equality of same-sex spouses
July 13th: George Zimmerman was acquitted of all charges including second-degree murder and manslaughter against the victim Trayvon Martin.
July 22nd: Prince George of Cambridge was born by his royal parents Prince George and Catherine the Duchess of Cambridge.
August 25th: The “twerk heard around the world” was performed from Miley Cyrus on Robin Thicke at the Video Music Awards.
September 29th: Last episode of the beloved award-winning series Breaking Bad aired on AMC
October 1st: Obama launches an online exchange for people to sign up for the health insurance from the Affordable Healthcare Act. Later the government shutdown for 16 days.
October 8th: New $100 bills released with modern design and stronger counterfeit protection.
October 20th: Kelly Clarkson ties the knot with Brandon Blackstock.
November 8th: Typhoon kills more than 6,000 in the Philippines
November 22nd: Xbox One released to the general public.
December 5th: Nelson Mandela, the first president of South Africa, dies.
December 25th: The Wolf on Wall Street is released and sets a record of most “F” words said in a feature film. (569 times)
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