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May 20, 2013

On May 20, 2013, an EF5 tornado strikes the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing 24 people and injuring 377 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

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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 May 20, 2013

  1. 2013 An EF5 tornado strikes the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing 24 people and injuring 377 others.

    Tornado intensity rating scale

    The Enhanced Fujita scale is a scale that rates tornado intensity based on the severity of the damage a tornado causes. It is used in the United States, Brazil and France, among other countries. The EF scale is also unofficially used in other countries, including China.

Farewells

Died on May 20, 2013

Flavio Costantini Italian artist (1926–2013)
Billie Dawe Canadian ice hockey player
Anders Eliasson Swedish composer (1947–2013)
Miloslav Kříž Czech basketball player and coach (born 1924)
Ray Manzarek American keyboardist (1939–2013)
Denys Roberts British judge and colonial administrator (1923–2013)
Zach Sobiech American singer-songwriter

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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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