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December 14, 2013

On December 14, 2013, a reported coup attempt in South Sudan leads to continued fighting and hundreds of casualties. 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 December 14, 2013

  1. 2013 A reported coup attempt in South Sudan leads to continued fighting and hundreds of casualties.

    2013–2018 conflict in South Sudan

    The South Sudanese Civil War was a multi-sided civil war in South Sudan fought from 2013 to 2018 between government and opposition forces. The civil war caused rampant human rights abuses, including forced displacement, ethnic massacres, and killings of journalists by various parties. Since the war's end, South Sudan has been governed by a coalition formed by leaders of the former warring factions, Salva Kiir Mayardit and Riek Machar.

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Died on December 14, 2013

Janet Dailey American writer
C. N. Karunakaran Indian painter and illustrator
Dennis Lindley British statistician (1923–2013)
Peter O'Toole British actor (1932–2013)
George Rodrigue American painter

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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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