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January 1, 2013

On January 1, 2013, at least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a stampede after celebrations at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. 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 January 1, 2013

  1. 2013 At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a stampede after celebrations at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

    2013 human crush at a stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

    The 2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede was a crowd crush that occurred as crowds departed a New Year's Eve fireworks display in the early hours of 1 January 2013 near the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It resulted in 61 deaths and over 200 injuries, mostly women and children. This was the second time in four years that a fatal crush incident occurred at the stadium.

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Died on January 1, 2013

Christopher Martin-Jenkins English cricketer, broadcaster and journalist
Patti Page American country-pop singer (1927–2013)

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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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