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June 13, 2012

On June 13, 2012, a series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others. The year's #1 song was "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra. Artem Kotenko, Princess Athena of Denmark, Blue Ivy Carter would arrive in the same year.

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2012 (MMXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2010s decade.

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On June 13, 2012

  1. 2012 A series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others.

    Bombings and shootings in Iraq during the post-U.S. insurgency

    The 13 June 2012 Iraq attacks were a series of simultaneous bombings and shootings that killed 93 people and wounded over 300 others. The attacks were carried out in seven different locations throughout Iraq.

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Died on June 13, 2012

Sam Beddingfield American test pilot and aerospace engineer (1933–2012)
Graeme Bell Australian jazz pianist, composer and band leader (1914–2012)
Roger Garaudy French philosopher and politician (1913 – 2012)
Jože Humer Slovenian composer and translator (born 1934)
Mehdi Hassan Pakistani ghazal singer (1934–2012)

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Artem Kotenko 2012– Ukrainian singer
Princess Athena of Denmark 2012–
Blue Ivy Carter 2012– American singer and actress
Doug the Pug 2012– American celebrity dog
Artem Kotenko 2012– Ukrainian singer
Princess Athena of Denmark 2012–

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