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March 29, 2013

On March 29, 2013, at least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 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 March 29, 2013

  1. 2013 At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

    Structural failure in Tanzania

    The Dar es Salaam building collapse occurred during the early hours of Good Friday on 29 March 2013 when a 16-floor residential apartment building collapsed on a nearby mosque compound, killing 36 people and trapping over 60 under the rubble.

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Died on March 29, 2013

Reginald Gray Irish artist
Brian Huggins British-Canadian actor and journalist
Ralph Klein Premier of Alberta from 1992 to 2006
Art Phillips Canadian politician

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Big Justice 2013– American social media personality
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Big Justice 2013– American social media personality
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Big Justice 2013– American social media personality
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