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May 2, 2014

On May 2, 2014, two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing. The year's #1 song was "Happy" by Pharrell Williams. Arabella Stanton, Arabella Stanton, Arabella Stanton would arrive in the same year.

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2014 (MMXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2014th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 14th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2010s decade.

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On May 2, 2014

  1. 2014 Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing.

    Mudslides in Afghanistan

    On 2 May 2014, a pair of mudslides occurred in Argo District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. The death toll is uncertain, the number of deaths is believed to be at least 350 and no more than 2,700. Around 300 houses were buried and over 14,000 were affected.

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Died on May 2, 2014

Tomás Balduino Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop (1922–2014)
Žarko Petan Slovenian director, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1929)
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. American actor (1918–2014)

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Arabella Stanton 2014– British actress, plays Hermione Granger
Arabella Stanton 2014– British actress, plays Hermione Granger
Arabella Stanton 2014– British actress, plays Hermione Granger
Arabella Stanton 2014– British actress, plays Hermione Granger

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