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August 12, 2015

On August 12, 2015, at least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China. The year's #1 song was "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars. Princess Charlotte of Wales, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Princess Charlotte of Wales would arrive in the same year.

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2015 (MMXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2015th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 15th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2010s decade.

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On August 12, 2015

  1. 2015 At least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China.

    Explosions at the Binhai New Area of Tianjin, China

    On 12 August 2015, a series of explosions at the Port of Tianjin in Tianjin, Northern China, killed 173 people, according to official reports, and injured hundreds of others. The explosions occurred at a container storage station in the Binhai New Area of Tianjin, China. The first two explosions occurred 33 seconds apart.

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Died on August 12, 2015

Jaakko Hintikka Finnish and American philosopher and logician (1929–2015)
Stephen Lewis English actor and writer (1926–2015)
Meshulim Feish Lowy Grand Rebbe of the Tosh hasidic dynasty
John Scott English organist and choirmaster (1956–2015)

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Princess Charlotte of Wales 2015– British royal, and third in line to the British throne
Princess Charlotte of Wales 2015– British royal, and third in line to the British throne
Princess Charlotte of Wales 2015– British royal, and third in line to the British throne
Princess Charlotte of Wales 2015– British royal, and third in line to the British throne

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