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January 17, 2013

On January 17, 2013, former cyclist Lance Armstrong confesses to his doping in an airing of Oprah's Next Chapter. 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 17, 2013

  1. 2013 Former cyclist Lance Armstrong confesses to his doping in an airing of Oprah's Next Chapter.

    American cyclist (born 1971)

    Lance Edward Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist. He achieved international fame for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005, but was stripped of his titles in 2012 after an investigation into doping allegations found that Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs over his career. Armstrong is banned from all sanctioned bicycling events.

  2. 2013 Shahzad Luqman is murdered by members of Golden Dawn in Petralona, Athens, leading the creation of new measures to combat race-based attacks in Greece.

    2013 murder in Greece

    Shehzad Luqman was a 27-year-old man of Pakistani origin who was murdered by members of Golden Dawn in the early hours of 17 January 2013 in Petralona, Athens.

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Died on January 17, 2013

Mehmet Ali Birand Turkish journalist (1941–2013)
Jakob Arjouni German author (1964–2013)
Yves Debay French-Belgian war correspondent (1954-2013)
John Nkomo Zimbabwean politician
Lizbeth Webb British singer and actor (1926–2013)

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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
Prince George of Wales 2013–

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