Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 15 October 1816

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The SS Mont-Blanc was a French cargo ship fully loaded with wartime explosives that collided with the Norwegian vessel SS Imo. Approximately twenty minutes later, a fire on board the SS Mont-Blanc ignited her explosive cargo, causing a cataclysmic explosion that devastated the Richmond District.
(6 December 1917)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

There are 3385 births, 3950 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2085 other events about 5737 people in 6452 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Tuesday 15th of October 1816 210 years, 3 months and 21 days ago
28-year-old poet George Byron aka Lord Byron visits the library to read the love letters of Lucrezia Borgia and steals a lock of her hair in Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Piazza Pio XI 2, Milano, Lombardia, Italy.