Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 10 July 1976

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

Lavoisier was charged with tax fraud and selling adulterated tobacco and tried, convicted and executed on the same day.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Saturday 10th of July 1976 48 years ago
Approximately six tonnes of chemicals including the poisonous TCDD are released during an industrial accident in ICMESA Plant, Seveso, Lombardia, Italy. Within days a total of 3.300 animals, mostly poultry and rabbits, were found dead. 1.600 people of all ages had been examined and 447 were found to suffer from skin lesions or chloracne. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seveso_disaster