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April 4, 2013

On April 4, 2013, seventy-four people are killed in a building collapse in Thane, India. The year's #1 song was "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz. Big Justice, Prince George of Wales, Big Justice would arrive in the same year.

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2013 (MMXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2013th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 13th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2010s decade.

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On April 4, 2013

  1. 2013 Seventy-four people are killed in a building collapse in Thane, India.

    Building collapse in Maharashtra, India

    On 4 April 2013, a building collapsed on tribal land in Mumbra, a suburb of Thane in Maharashtra, India. It has been called the worst building collapse in the area. Seventy-four people were killed, while more than 100 survived.

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Died on April 4, 2013

Bengt Blomgren Swedish actor, film director and screenwriter
Roger Ebert American film critic and author (1942–2013)
Carmine Infantino American comic book artist (1925–2013)
Tommy Tycho Musical artist
Ian Walsh Australian RL coach and former Australia international rugby league footballer
Noboru Yamaguchi Japanese writer

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Big Justice 2013– American social media personality
Prince George of Wales 2013–
Big Justice 2013– American social media personality
Prince George of Wales 2013–
Big Justice 2013– American social media personality
Prince George of Wales 2013–

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