National Center of Afro–American Artists, Alianza Hispana, Sociedad Latina de South Boston, Community Change [9] and city Council on Aging established.
July 4: Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops begin the annual tradition of a concert and fireworks show at the Hatch Shell on the Charles River Esplanade, courtesy of local businessman and philanthropist David G. Mugar.
July 12: Thomas Menino, president of the Boston City Council, becomes acting mayor when Mayor Flynn resigns to accept his appointment by President Clinton to become Ambassador to the Holy See.
November 2: Menino is elected mayor in his own right.
October 30: The Boston Red Sox, in an end-of-year triumph, win the 2013 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals; the first win at Fenway Park since 1918, and the third they've won since 2004.
November 14, 2013, Bulger was sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus five years for his crimes by U.S. District Judge Denise Casper. As of January 10, 2014 Bulger is currently incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary in Tucson, Arizona [15].
2014
Marty Walsh becomes mayor.
Boston Veterans Treatment Court begins operating.
April: City government open data executive order signed.
November 3: Funeral and procession for former mayor Tom Menino, after he lay in state at Faneuil Hall the previous day.
