Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 10 May 1924

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

Less than a second after the detonation the north of the city was destroyed and 35.000 people were killed. Among the deaths were 6.200 out of the 7.500 employees of the Mitsubishi Munitions plant and 24.000 others (including 2.000 Koreans) who worked in other war plants and factories in the city, as well as 150 Japanese soldiers.
(9 August 1945)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

There are 3377 births, 3944 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2083 other events about 5734 people in 6443 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Saturday 10th of May 1924 101 years ago
29-year-old 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation John Edgar Hoover is appointed by President Calvin Coolidge as fifth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in FBI Headquarters, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.