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September 27, 2014

On September 27, 2014, 63 people are killed in an eruption of Mount Ontake in Japan. 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 September 27, 2014

  1. 2014 63 people are killed in an eruption of Mount Ontake in Japan.

    Fatal volcanic eruption in Honshu, Japan

    A volcanic eruption of Mount Ontake took place on September 27, 2014, killing 63 people. Mount Ontake is a volcano located on the Japanese island of Honshu around 100 kilometres (62 mi) northeast of Nagoya and around 200 km (120 mi) west of Tokyo. It was the first fatal volcanic eruption in Japan since the 1991 eruption of Mount Unzen, and the deadliest volcanic eruption in Japan since Torishima killed an estimated 150 people in 1902.

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Died on September 27, 2014

Gaby Aghion French Jewish fashion designer (1921–2014)
Wally Hergesheimer Canadian ice hockey player
Abdelmajid Lakhal Tunisian theatre director and actor
James Traficant American politician (1941–2014)

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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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