Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 1 August 1997

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 1985

There are 3347 births, 3887 deaths, 1122 murders, 492 disasters and 2024 other events about 5697 people in 6344 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 1st of August 1997 27 years ago He Received No Award
Spree killer and writer Norio Nagayama is executed by hanging at the age of 48 in Tokyo Detention House, Katsushika, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan. Nagayama killed 4 people in 1968. While imprisoned he wrote 16 books, receiving an award in 1983.