Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 July 1911

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Seven army ammunition trucks loaded with 1053 boxes of dynamite parked in an old railway station exploded in the early hours of the morning, destroying 41 blocks and leaving a crater 50 meters wide and 25 meters deep. The blast destroyed buildings, homes and existing businesses and killed about 4.000 people and injuring another 12.000. The cause of the explosion is unknown.
(7 August 1956)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

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BirthFactDeath (+) Sunday 16th of July 1911 115 years, 5 months and 26 days ago
Dancer, singer and actress Ginger Rogers is born as Virginia Katherine McMath in 100 Moore Street, Independence, Missouri, United States.