What Happened on December 29, 2013

Historical Events

16 people are killed and 40 are wounded by a suicide bomb attack at Volgograd-1 railway station, Russia

Schumacher's Ski Accident

7-time world F1 motor racing champion Michael Schumacher suffers a serious head injury in a ski accident in the French Alps; his condition still remains unclear

Chaparrastique volcano erupts in El Salvador
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says barrel bombs on Aleppo have killed 517 people since 15th December

Events in 2013

Famous Weddings

Casey Neistat

YouTube star Casey Neistat (32) weds Candice Pool in Cape Town, South Africa

Famous Deaths

Andy Granatelli, American motorsports entrepreneur (CEO STP automotive products; innovative Lotus four-wheel drive car 1969 Indy 500 winner), dies from congestive heart failure at 90
Leonard "Red" Balaban, American jazz tuba and sousaphone player, dies at 84
Wojciech Kilar, Polish classical (Missa Pro Pace), and film score composer (Bram Stoker's Dracula; The Pianist), dies from cancer at 81

Died in 2013 2013 Highlights