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December 16, 2013

On December 16, 2013, a bus falls from an elevated highway in Manila, capital of the Philippines, killing at least 18 people with 20 injured. 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 16, 2013

  1. 2013 A bus falls from an elevated highway in Manila, capital of the Philippines, killing at least 18 people with 20 injured.

    2013 vehicle crash in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines

    The 2013 Manila Skyway bus accident occurred on December 16, 2013, between Bicutan and Sucat Exits of South Luzon Expressway in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines, after a bus fell off the Skyway, crushing a delivery van and fatally wounding the van's driver. 19 people died and 19 others were injured. The Highway Patrol Group-National Capital Region-South Luzon Expressway described the incident as the worst to have happened along the Skyway.

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Died on December 16, 2013

James Flint English commander (born 1913)
Ray Price American singer (1926–2013)
Marta Russell American journalist

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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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