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February 26, 2013

On February 26, 2013, a hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people. 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 26, 2013

  1. 2013 A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people.

    Lighter-than-air aircraft

    A hot air balloon is a lighter-than-air aircraft consisting of a bag, called an envelope, which contains heated air. Suspended beneath is a gondola or wicker basket, which carries passengers and a source of heat, in most cases an open flame caused by burning liquid propane. The heated air inside the envelope makes it buoyant, since it has a lower density than the colder air outside the envelope.

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Died on February 26, 2013

Marie-Claire Alain French organist (1926–2013)
Stéphane Hessel Writer, Holocaust survivor and French Resistance member
Simon Li Hong Kong judge and politician (born 1922)

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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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