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February 16, 2013

On February 16, 2013, a bomb blast at a market in Hazara Town, Quetta, Pakistan kills more than 80 people and injures 190 others. 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 February 16, 2013

  1. 2013 A bomb blast at a market in Hazara Town, Quetta, Pakistan kills more than 80 people and injures 190 others.

    Market bombing in Balochistan, Pakistan

    On 16 February 2013, at least 91 people were killed and 190 injured after a bomb hidden in a water tank exploded at a market in Hazara Town on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital city of Balochistan, Pakistan. Most of the victims were members of the predominantly Twelver Shia Hazara community, and authorities expected the death toll to rise due to the large number of serious injuries. The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group claimed responsibility for the blast, the second major attack against the Shia Hazaras in a month.

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Died on February 16, 2013

Colin Edwards Guyanese footballer
Grigory Pomerants Lithuanian-born Russian philosopher and cultural theorist
Tony Sheridan British musician (1940–2013)

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Big Justice 2013– American social media personality
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Big Justice 2013– American social media personality
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