Editing 2013 (section)

===September===
* [[September 7]] 
** [[2013 Australian federal election]]: The [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|National]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] led by [[Tony Abbott]] defeats the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] [[Rudd Government (2013)|Government]] led by [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Kevin Rudd]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2013/s3843467.htm|title=Kevin Rudd concedes defeat|work=AM|publisher=ABC Radio|author=Eastley, Tony|location=Australia|format=transcript|date=September 8, 2013|access-date=February 7, 2015|archive-date=February 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216132821/http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2013/s3843467.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Abbott would be sworn in on [[September 18]]th.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-2013|title=2013 Federal Election {{pipe}} AustralianPolitics.com|website=australianpolitics.com|access-date=September 22, 2019|archive-date=September 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922214531/https://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[International Olympic Committee]] awards [[Tokyo]] the right to host the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ryall  |first=Julian  |date=September 8, 2013 |title=Japan celebrates as Tokyo wins right to host 2020 Olympic Games ahead of Madrid and Istanbul |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/10294032/Japan-celebrates-as-Tokyo-wins-right-to-host-2020-Olympic-Games-ahead-of-Madrid-and-Istanbul.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911065415/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/10294032/Japan-celebrates-as-Tokyo-wins-right-to-host-2020-Olympic-Games-ahead-of-Madrid-and-Istanbul.html |archive-date=September 11, 2013 |access-date=September 17, 2017 |website=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref>
* [[September 9|September 8]] &ndash; The [[2013 Colorado floods]] begin, resulting from heavy rain in the Colorado River Basin.
* [[September 17]] &ndash; ''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]'' earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lynch |first=Kevin |date=2013-10-08 |title=Confirmed: Grand Theft Auto 5 breaks 6 sales world records |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2013/10/confirmed-grand-theft-auto-breaks-six-sales-world-records-51900 |access-date=2019-03-28 |website=Guinness World Records |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[September 21]] &ndash; [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|al-Shabaab]] militants [[Westgate shopping mall attack|attack]] the [[Westgate, Nairobi|Westgate shopping mall]] in [[Nairobi, Kenya]], killing at least 62 civilians and wounding over 170.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24189116|title=Nairobi siege: What we know|work=BBC News|date=September 23, 2013|access-date=September 24, 2013|archive-date=December 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231224748/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24189116|url-status=live}}</ref>