Gun Violence Task Force
Leads administration work on gun violence proposals.
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2013 in United States of America
Explore 42 historical events and records for United States of America in 2013.
Historical records for United States of America in 2013
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January
Doping Confession
Armstrong admits to doping in a television interview conducted by Oprah Winfrey
March
The Next Day
Produces The Next Day, Bowie's surprise return after a long absence from new albums.
MESSENGER Second Extension
MESSENGER begins a second extended phase of Mercury observations, allowing progressively lower-altitude measurements.
May
Rediscovery of S 2000 J11
Links new observations to the long-lost Jovian moon S 2000 J11, recovering its orbit.
Mercury Global Mosaic
MESSENGER imagery supports a new global Mercury mosaic used to study surface geology and spacecraft ground tracks.
Paducah Enrichment Closure
Commercial uranium-enrichment operations cease at Paducah, ending more than sixty years of gaseous-diffusion production at the site.
July
Discovery of Hippocamp
Showalter discovers a tiny Neptunian moon in archival Hubble images and initially designates it S/2004 N 1.
Pluto Moons
The names Kerberos and Styx are adopted for Pluto's fourth and fifth known moons, previously called P4 and P5.
Mercury Color Map
An enhanced-color global map from MESSENGER highlights compositional differences across Mercury's surface.
August
Dark Energy Survey Begins
Frieman helps lead the Dark Energy Survey as it begins observing the southern sky to measure supernovae, galaxy clustering, weak lensing and galaxy clusters.
September
Voyager 1 Announcement
NASA announces evidence that Voyager 1 has entered interstellar space.
October
Gauge-Gravity Black Hole Interior
With Joseph Polchinski, argues that typical black holes in gauge-gravity duality may possess firewalls at the horizon.
Gauge-Gravity Black Hole Interior
With Donald Marolf, develops a gauge-gravity argument supporting firewalls in typical black hole states.
Death of Lou Reed
Dies in East Hampton, New York, after a career spanning the Velvet Underground and five decades of solo work.
December
Asset Purchase Taper Begins
The Federal Open Market Committee decides to reduce the monthly pace of agency mortgage-backed securities and Treasury purchases beginning in January 2014, starting the gradual taper of its post-crisis quantitative-easing program.
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Academy Award
Wins a second Academy Award for Original Screenplay for Django Unchained.
Blue Jasmine Film
In 2013, Woody Allen made Blue Jasmine, a drama about a woman confronting financial collapse and family tension.
Comet Encke Observation
MESSENGER observes Comet Encke from Mercury orbit, adding comet science to the spacecraft's extended mission.
Comet ISON Observation
MESSENGER observes Comet ISON during its approach to the Sun while continuing Mercury orbital measurements.
Emmy Award Newsroom Actor
Jeff Daniels won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for portraying news anchor Will McAvoy in The Newsroom.
ER Equals EPR
With Juan Maldacena, proposes the ER equals EPR conjecture connecting entanglement with wormhole geometry in quantum gravity.
Hippocamp Orbit
Showalter determines a circular orbit for the newly detected moon by tracing it through many archival Hubble images.
Inflation
Steinhardt critiques aspects of inflation and stimulates debate over early universe evidence
Interstellar Plasma Density Measurement
Voyager 1 plasma-wave observations measure electron-density oscillations characteristic of the local interstellar medium.
Men in Black 3
Stars in Men in Black 3
Moonrise Kingdom Screenplay Nomination
Received an Academy Award original screenplay nomination shared with Roman Coppola for Moonrise Kingdom.
New Horizons
New Horizons detects Pluto's large moon Charon from deep space as the spacecraft continues its approach to the Pluto system.
Nobel Prize
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic in cells.
Nobel Prize
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic in cells.
Not in Your Lifetime Cuba Allegation
Summers's updated book Not in Your Lifetime discussed allegations involving Cuban exile figures, including Herminio Diaz, while presenting them as part of the continuing JFK assassination debate.
Not in Your Lifetime: The Defining Book on the JFK Assassination
Summers 1980 book Conspiracy was updated as "Not in Your Lifetime: The Defining Book on the JFK Assassination". He implicates Cuban exile Herminio Diaz, an employee of Santo Trafficante, as a grassy knoll shooter in the assassination of John F. Kennedy
Penthouse North
Stars in Penthouse North
President Barack Obama announces an end the the War on Terror
President Barack Obama announces an end the the "War on Terror"
Rocky Density of Kepler-78 b
Leads precise mass measurements showing Earth-sized Kepler-78 b has a rocky composition.
Selected Letters of Willa Cather
A scholarly edition of Cather's selected letters opened new avenues for biographical research.
The Goldfinch
Publication of "The Goldfinch"
The Lowland
Publication of "The Lowland"
The Wolf of Wall Street
Stars as stockbroker Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street.
Toby Award Kinky Boots Actor
Billy Porter won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for portraying drag performer Lola in Kinky Boots.
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