Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 24 December 1941

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

The Great Fire started at the bakery of Thomas Farriner shortly after midnight and spread rapidly west across the City of London. The major firefighting technique of the time was to create firebreaks by means of demolition. By the time large-scale demolitions were ordered on Sunday night the wind had already fanned the bakery fire into a firestorm that defeated such measures. By 6 September the Great Fire consumed 13.200 houses, 87 parish churches, St Paul's Cathedral and most of the buildings of the City authorities. It is estimated to have destroyed the homes of 70.000 of the city's 80.000 inhabitants.
(2 September 1666)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

There are 3346 births, 3884 deaths, 1122 murders, 492 disasters and 2018 other events about 5697 people in 6343 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (+) Wednesday 24th of December 1941 83 years ago
Double murderer Robert Lee Massie is born in , Virginia, United States. Massie was born to a 15-year-old woman and a man who had married her only to avoid a charge of statutory rape.