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July 7, 2013

On July 7, 2013, a De Havilland Otter air taxi crashes in Soldotna, Alaska, killing ten 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 7, 2013

  1. 2013 A De Havilland Otter air taxi crashes in Soldotna, Alaska, killing ten people.

    Utility aircraft family

    The de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter is a single-engined, high-wing, propeller-driven, short take-off and landing (STOL) aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada. It was conceived to be capable of performing the same roles as the earlier and highly successful Beaver, including as a bush plane, while also being a larger aircraft. The type certificate of the aircraft is now owned by the De Havilland Canada founded in 2019.

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Died on July 7, 2013

Artur Hajzer Polish mountaineer (1962–2013)
Robert Hamerton-Kelly South African-American theologian (1938–2013)
Donald J. Irwin American politician
Ben Pucci American football player (1925–2013)

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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
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