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In 2013, the world population was approximately 7,291,793,585 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 27, 2013, covering March 3, 2013.
Mumford & Sons
Various Artists
Bruno Mars
Taylor Swift
Josh Groban
The Lumineers
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Various Artists
Andrea Bocelli
Maroon 5
2013Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1940)[†]
Luis Alberto Cubilla Almeida was a Uruguayan professional footballer and manager. He had a successful playing career winning 16 major titles. He then went on to become one of the most successful managers in South American football with 17 major titles.
2013Bobby Rogers, American singer-songwriter (born 1940)[†]
Robert Edward Rogers was an American musician and tenor singer, best known as a founding member of Motown vocal group the Miracles from 1956 until his death. He was inducted, in 2012, as a member of the Miracles to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In addition to singing, he also contributed to writing some of the Miracles' songs. Rogers is the grandfather of R&B singer Brandi Williams from the R&B girl group Blaque and is a cousin of fellow Miracles member Claudette Rogers Robinson.
2013James Strong, Qantas CEO from 1993 to 2001 (born 1944)[†]
James Alexander Strong was an Australian businessman and philanthropist.
2013A bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan, kills at least 48 people and injured 200 others in a predominantly Shia Muslim area.[†]
Karachi is the capital city of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the largest city in Pakistan and 12th largest in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast and formerly served as the country's capital from 1947 to 1959. Ranked as a beta-global city, it is Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre, with an estimated GDP of over $200 billion (PPP) as of 2021. Karachi is a metropolitan city and is considered Pakistan's most cosmopolitan city, and among the country's most linguistically, ethnically, and religiously diverse regions, as well as one of the country's most progressive and socially liberal cities.
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