From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arts and culture
- Disasters and accidents
- 2013 Kumbh Mela stampede: A stampede of people at the Allahabad railway station, India, coming back from bathing in the Ganges River during the Kumbh Mela festival, kills 36 and injures 39 many others. (Reuters) (BBC) (CNN) (The Hindu) (Hindustan Times)
- 2013 Hattiesburg, Mississippi tornado: A tornado causes significant damage to the American town of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. (AP via Fox News)
- A lifeboat falls off of a cruise ship MS Thomson Majesty while it was docked in the port of Santa Cruz de La Palma in the Canary Islands, killing 5 people. (AP via CBS) (BBC) (The Guardian)
- Three crew members are killed when a Bell 206 helicopter crashes at the Polsa Rosa Movie Ranch in Acton, California, United States, while filming a documentary. (The New York Times) (CNN)
- Cruise ship Carnival Triumph suffers a fire in the aft engine room. The fire is automatically extinguished, but it results in a loss of power and propulsion. There are no casualties or injuries to passengers or crew. (ABC News) (USA Today)
- Law and crime
- Politics and elections
- Science and technology
- Sport
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