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August 21, 2013

On August 21, 2013, hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria. 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 August 21, 2013

  1. 2013 Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.

    2013 gas attack during the Syrian Civil War

    The Ghouta chemical attack was a chemical attack carried out by the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in the early hours of 21 August 2013 in Ghouta, Syria during the Syrian civil war. It was the deadliest use of chemical weapons in Syrian conflict and since the Iran–Iraq War. Two opposition-controlled areas in the suburbs around Damascus were struck by rockets containing the chemical agent sarin.

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Died on August 21, 2013

Jean Berkey Former Washington state senator
Sid Bernstein American music producer and promoter
C. Gordon Fullerton American astronaut (1936–2013)
Fred Martin Scottish footballer
Enos Nkala Zimbabwean politician (1932-2013)

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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
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