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August 13, 2015

On August 13, 2015, at least 76 people are killed and 212 others are wounded in a truck bombing in Baghdad, Iraq. 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 13, 2015

  1. 2015 At least 76 people are killed and 212 others are wounded in a truck bombing in Baghdad, Iraq.

    Terrorist attack in Iraq

    On 13 August 2015, a truck bombing attack was launched targeting a Baghdad food market in Sadr City, a predominantly Shi'ite neighborhood.

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Died on August 13, 2015

Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti Iraqi politician (1952–2015)
Bob Fillion Canadian ice hockey player
Om Prakash Munjal Indian businessman, philanthropist (1928–2015)

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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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