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January 10, 2013

On January 10, 2013, more than 100 people are killed and 270 injured in several bomb blasts in the Quetta area of Pakistan. 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 10, 2013

  1. 2013 More than 100 people are killed and 270 injured in several bomb blasts in the Quetta area of Pakistan.

    2013 terror attacks in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan

    On 10 January 2013, several bombings took place in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, killing a total of 130 people and injuring at least 270. The Quetta bombings led to protests by the city's Shia Muslim Hazara community; Prime Minister of Pakistan Raja Pervez Ashraf responded by dismissing the Chief Minister of Balochistan, Aslam Raisani, and replacing him with Zulfikar Ali Magsi. On the same day, a bomb exploded in Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing 22 people and injuring 60 others.

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George Gruntz Swiss jazz keyboardist and composer (1932–2013)
Claude Nobs Swiss businessman

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Big Justice 2013– American social media personality
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