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May 6, 2013

On May 6, 2013, three women, kidnapped and missing for more than a decade, are found alive in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. 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 May 6, 2013

  1. 2013 Three women, kidnapped and missing for more than a decade, are found alive in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.

    2002–2004 kidnappings in Cleveland, Ohio, US

    Between 2002 and 2004, Ariel Castro abducted Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus from the roads of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and later held them captive in his home at 2207 Seymour Avenue in the city's Tremont neighborhood. All three young women were imprisoned at Castro's home until 2013, when Berry successfully escaped with her six-year-old daughter, to whom she had given birth while captive, and contacted the police. Police rescued Knight and DeJesus, and arrested Castro a few hours later.

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Died on May 6, 2013

Giulio Andreotti Prime Minister of Italy (1972-73; 1976-79; 1989-1992)
Severo Aparicio Quispe Peruvian friar and bishop
Michelangelo Spensieri Canadian politician

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Big Justice 2013– American social media personality
Prince George of Wales 2013–
Big Justice 2013– American social media personality
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Big Justice 2013– American social media personality
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