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July 12, 2013

On July 12, 2013, six people are killed and 200 injured in a French passenger train derailment in Brétigny-sur-Orge. 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 July 12, 2013

  1. 2013 Six people are killed and 200 injured in a French passenger train derailment in Brétigny-sur-Orge.

    2013 public transit disaster in Paris, France

    On 12 July 2013, a train crash in the commune of Brétigny-sur-Orge in the southern suburbs of Paris left seven people dead and 428 injured when a passenger train carrying 385 people derailed and hit the station platform.

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Died on July 12, 2013

Amar Bose American engineer (1929–2013)
Takako Takahashi Japanese author
Elaine Morgan Welsh writer and evolutionist (1920–2013)
Alan Whicker British journalist and broadcaster (1921–2013)

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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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