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July 2, 2013

On July 2, 2013, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Aceh, Indonesia, killing at least 42 people and injuring 420 others. 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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The year in brief

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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What happened

On July 2, 2013

  1. 2013 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Aceh, Indonesia, killing at least 42 people and injuring 420 others.

    Earthquake in Aceh Province, Indonesia

    1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). The strike-slip earthquake killed at least 43 people and injured more than 2,500 others in the province of Aceh where approximately 4,300 homes were damaged or destroyed.

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Died on July 2, 2013

Anthony G. Bosco American prelate (1927–2013)
Douglas Engelbart American engineer and inventor (1925–2013)
Armand Gaudreault Canadian ice hockey player (1921–2013)
Anthony Llewellyn American scientist and astronaut (1933–2013)

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Others born in 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–
Big Justice 2013– American social media personality
Prince George of Wales 2013–

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