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April 17, 2013

On April 17, 2013, an explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, kills 15 people and injures 160 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 (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 April 17, 2013

  1. 2013 An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, kills 15 people and injures 160 others.

    2013 explosion of ammonium nitrate in Texas, USA

    On April 17, 2013, an ammonium nitrate explosion occurred at the West Fertilizer Company storage and distribution facility in West, Texas, United States, while emergency services personnel were responding to a fire there. Fifteen people were killed, over 160 injured, and more than 150 buildings damaged or destroyed. Investigators confirmed that ammonium nitrate was the material that exploded.

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Died on April 17, 2013

Carlos Graça Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1994 to 1995
Bi Kidude Tanzanian singer (c. 1910– 2013)
Yngve Moe Musical artist
V. S. Ramadevi Indian politician

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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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