Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 August 1965

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

The radius of total destruction was about 1,6 km with resulting fires across 11 square km. Some 70.000–80.000 people or around 30% of the population of Hiroshima were killed by the blast and resultant firestorm and another 70.000 were injured.
(6 August 1945)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Monday 16th of August 1965 59 years ago He Was Burning Down the House
30-year-old serial killer Joseph Kallinger, originally Joseph Lee Brenner III aka The Shoemaker sets fire to the first floor of a building he owns, collecting $11.000 on insurance in 2039 East Fletcher Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.