2013 - Definition and Overview

2013 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Events

• May 10 - Annular solar eclipse
• November 3 - Hybrid solar eclipse

• The Kyushu Shinkansen high speed rail line in Japan is scheduled to be completed, linking Kagoshima, Nagasaki, and Fukuoka.
• The United States Navy is scheduled to commission CVN-78, the first ship in a new class of supercarriers.
• Identity cards are set to be compulsory in the United Kingdom if the government ambitions of 2005 are adopted.