Editing 2013 (section)

===February===

* [[February 11]]- The [[Emergency Alert System]]s of five different television stations across the U.S. states of [[Montana]], [[Michigan]], [[Wisconsin]], and [[New Mexico]] are [[2013 Emergency Alert System hijackings|hijacked, airing a false "Zombie apocalypse" hoax]]. It is amongst one of the largest cybersecurity breaches in EAS history.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=2013-02-14 |title=Zombie hack blamed on easy passwords |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2013/02/14/zombie-hack-blamed-on-easy-passwords/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Anders |first=Melissa |date=2013-02-13 |title=Zombie apocalypse now? Michigan TV stations' Emergency Alert Systems hacked with notice of walking dead |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/2013/02/zombie_apocalypse_now_michigan.html |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=mlive |language=en}}</ref>{{Importance inline|date=March 2025|reason=The material preceding this tag may lack sufficient importance.}}
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[North Korea]] conducts its [[2013 North Korean nuclear test|third underground nuclear test]], prompting widespread condemnation and tightened economic sanctions from the international community.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bilby |first=Ethan |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-korea-north-eu-idUSBRE91H0E120130218 |title=EU approves tighter sanctions on North Korea |work=Reuters |date=February 18, 2013 |access-date=July 11, 2013 |archive-date=February 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201110756/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-korea-north-eu-idUSBRE91H0E120130218 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21704862 |title=UN adopts tough new North Korea sanctions after nuclear test |date=March 7, 2013 |publisher=BBC |access-date=March 16, 2013 |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129223256/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21704862 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[February 15]] &ndash; A [[Chelyabinsk meteor|meteor]] explodes over the Russian city of [[Chelyabinsk]], injuring 1,489–1,492 people and damaging over 4,300 buildings. It is the most powerful meteor to strike Earth's atmosphere [[Tunguska event|in over a century]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21471942|title=Russia meteor eyewitness: 'Something like the sun fell'|publisher=BBC|date=February 15, 2013|access-date=July 11, 2013|archive-date=June 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614033439/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21471942?|url-status=live}}</ref> The incident, along with a coincidental [[2012 DA14|flyby of a larger asteroid]], prompts international concern regarding the [[global catastrophic risk#Asteroid impact|vulnerability of the planet to meteor strikes]].<ref>{{cite news|last=McKie|first=Robin|title=Scientists unveil new detectors in race to save Earth from next asteroid|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/feb/16/scientists-earth-asteroid|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=February 16, 2013|access-date=July 11, 2013|location=London|archive-date=May 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507065953/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/feb/16/scientists-earth-asteroid|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/science/space/dismissed-as-doomsayers-advocates-for-meteor-detection-feel-vindicated.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Vindication for Entrepreneurs Watching Sky: Yes, It Can Fall|access-date=April 22, 2013|date=February 16, 2013|first=William J.|last=Broad|archive-date=November 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104050747/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/science/space/dismissed-as-doomsayers-advocates-for-meteor-detection-feel-vindicated.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[February 21]] &ndash; American scientists use a [[3D printer]] to create a living lab-grown [[ear]] from [[collagen]] and animal ear cell cultures. In the future, it is hoped that similar ears could be grown to order as [[organ transplant|transplant]]s for human patients with ear trauma or amputation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9883441/Scientists-create-artificial-ear-using-3D-printing-and-living-cell-gels.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221195804/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9883441/Scientists-create-artificial-ear-using-3D-printing-and-living-cell-gels.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 21, 2013|title=Scientists create artificial ear using 3D printing and living-cell gels|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=February 21, 2013|access-date=February 25, 2013|location=London}}</ref>
* [[February 25]] &ndash; [[Park Geun-hye]] becomes the first woman to become the president of [[South Korea]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130224000257 |title=Park's swearing-in draws record 70,000 participants |newspaper=The Korea Herald |access-date=16 October 2015 |date=24 February 2013 |archive-date=June 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619225516/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130224000257 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[February 28]] &ndash; [[Pope Benedict XVI|Benedict XVI]] [[Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI|resigns]] as [[pope]], becoming the first to [[papal resignation|do so]] since [[Pope Gregory XII|Gregory XII]] in [[1415]], and the first to do so voluntarily since [[Pope Celestine V|Celestine V]] in [[1294]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-pope-resignation-idUKBRE91Q0BE20130228 |title=Benedict's reign ends with a promise to obey next pope |date=February 28, 2013 |author=Pullella, Philip |work=Reuters |access-date=February 28, 2013 |archive-date=February 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201073212/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-pope-resignation-idUKBRE91Q0BE20130228 |url-status=dead }}</ref>