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April 30, 2014

On April 30, 2014, a bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others. 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 April 30, 2014

  1. 2014 A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.

    Bomb-and-knife attack in Xinjiang, China

    On 30 April 2014, a bomb-and-knife attack occurred in the Chinese city of Ürümqi, Xinjiang. The terrorist attack killed 3 people, and injured 79 others. The attack coincided with the conclusion of a visit by Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party to the region.

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Died on April 30, 2014

Khaled Choudhury Indian artist (1919–2014)
Julian Lewis English developmental biologist
Carl E. Moses American politician
Ian Ross Australian newsreader (1940–2014)

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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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