Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 February 1942

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il passed through the station several hours before the explosion as he returned from a meeting in China. It was suggested that the explosion might have been an assassination attempt, but South Korean intelligence services believed that it was an accident. The Red Cross reported that 1.850 houses and buildings had been destroyed and another 6.350 had been damaged.
(22 April 2004)

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BirthFactDeath (+) Monday 16th of February 1942 82 years ago
Second Supreme Leader of North Korea Jong-il Kim is born in Vyatskoye, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. Kim Jong-il's official biography states he was born in a secret military camp on Paektu Mountain in Japanese-occupied Korea.