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June 26, 2013

On June 26, 2013, riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 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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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 June 26, 2013

  1. 2013 Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others.

    2013 Islamist riots in Shanshan County, Xinjiang, China

    On 26 June 2013, rioting broke out in Shanshan County, in the autonomous region of Xinjiang, China. 35 people died in the riots, including 22 civilians, two police officers and eleven attackers.

  2. 2013 The U.S. Supreme Court rules, 5–4, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

    Highest court of jurisdiction in the US

    The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. S. S.

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Died on June 26, 2013

Henrik Otto Donner Musical artist
Edward Huggins Johnstone American judge
Byron Looper American convicted murderer and political assassin
Justin Miller American baseball player (1977–2013)
Marc Rich American commodities trader (1934–2013)

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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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