Editing 2013 (section)

===June===
* [[June 6]] &ndash; Former [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] employee [[Edward Snowden]] discloses operations engaged in by a U.S. government [[mass surveillance]] program to [[Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present)|news publications]] and flees the country, later being granted temporary [[Right of asylum|asylum]] in Russia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/23/edward-snowden-nsa-files-timeline?INTCMP=SRCH|title=Edward Snowden and the NSA files – timeline|last=Gidda|first=Mirren|date=June 23, 2013|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2013-07-27|archive-date=September 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921105235/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/23/edward-snowden-nsa-files-timeline?INTCMP=SRCH|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Analysis/Walker/2013/07/22/Walkers-World-Snowdens-best-refuge/UPI-94631374466020|title=Snowden's best refuge|work=United Press International|author=Walker, Martin|date=2013-07-22|access-date=2013-07-27|archive-date=July 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726210847/http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Analysis/Walker/2013/07/22/Walkers-World-Snowdens-best-refuge/UPI-94631374466020/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/world/europe/edward-snowden-russia.html|title=Russia Grants Snowden 1-Year Asylum|first1=Steven|date=August 1, 2013|work=The New York Times|last2=Kramer|first2=Andrew|issn=0362-4331|last1=Myers|access-date=February 26, 2017|archive-date=January 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120175922/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/world/europe/edward-snowden-russia.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 12]] &ndash; [[Jiroemon Kimura]], the [[List of the verified oldest people#100 verified oldest men|verified oldest man to have ever lived]], dies at 116 years and 54 days old.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-06-12 |title=Oldest man in history Jiroemon Kimura dies at 116 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-22851848 |access-date=2024-12-22 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[June 23]] &ndash; A bus carrying 47 [[Romania]]n tourists to [[Tivat]], [[Montenegro]], [[2013 Montenegro bus crash|crashes]] in the [[Morača |Morača canyon]] in central Montenegro, killing 19 people and injuring 27.<ref name=bbc>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23024162 |title=Deadly bus plunge in Montenegro |publisher=BBC |date=2013-04-09 |accessdate=2013-06-24 |archive-date=June 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617213553/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23024162 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Emir of Qatar]] [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]] abdicates and his son [[Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani]] assumes power.<ref name="New Emir BBC">{{cite news|title=Qatari emir Sheikh Hamad hands power to son Tamim|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23026870|publisher=BBC|date=June 25, 2013|access-date=March 18, 2019|archive-date=June 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625005221/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23026870|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21580197-remarkable-emir-bows-out-hard-act-follow|title=Qatar's new emir: A hard act to follow|newspaper=The Economist|date=June 27, 2013|access-date=March 18, 2019|archive-date=June 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609074153/http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21580197-remarkable-emir-bows-out-hard-act-follow|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 26]]
** [[Kevin Rudd]] defeats [[Julia Gillard]] in an Australian Labor Party [[Australian Labor Party leadership spill, June 2013|leadership ballot]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/national-news/federal-election/labor-leadership-live-kevin-rudd-returns-julia-gillard-loses-support-of-partyroom/story-fnho52ip-1226669921693|title=Labor leadership live: Kevin Rudd returns, Julia Gillard loses support of partyroom|work=News.com.au|date=June 26, 2013|access-date=February 25, 2018|archive-date=October 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016132633/http://www.news.com.au/national-news/federal-election/labor-leadership-live-kevin-rudd-returns-julia-gillard-loses-support-of-partyroom/story-fnho52ip-1226669921693|url-status=dead}}</ref> and consequently becomes [[Prime Minister of Australia]], three years after Gillard [[Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 2010|replaced]] Rudd.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/26/julia-gillard-australia-prime-minister-kevin-rudd|title=Julia Gillard ousted as Australia prime minister|date=June 26, 2013|access-date=February 26, 2018|archive-date=February 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226211809/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/26/julia-gillard-australia-prime-minister-kevin-rudd|url-status=live}}</ref>
** ''[[United States v. Windsor]]'' (570 U.S. 744) decided in the [[Supreme Court of the United States]], overturning a key section of the [[Defense of Marriage Act]] and hence granting federal recognition to [[same-sex marriage in the United States]].