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July 29, 2013

On July 29, 2013, two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Granges-près-Marnand near Lausanne injuring 25 people. 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 29, 2013

  1. 2013 Two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Granges-près-Marnand near Lausanne injuring 25 people.

    2013 public transit disaster in Granges-près-Marnand, Switzerland

    On 29 July 2013, two passenger trains were involved in a head-on collision at Granges-près-Marnand, Switzerland, killing one person and injuring 25 others.

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Died on July 29, 2013

Christian Benítez Ecuadorian footballer (1986–2013)
Peter Flanigan American investment banker, Nixon aide (1923–2013)
Tony Gaze Australian fighter pilot and racing driver (1920–2013)
Munir Hussain Cricket commentator

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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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