Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 17 August 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 1988

There are 3381 births, 3949 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2084 other events about 5737 people in 6449 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 17th of August 1924 102 years, 4 months and 25 days ago
Inventor and murderer Jean-Pierre Vaquier is executed by hanging by Robert Baxter at the age of 45 in Wandsworth Prison, Wandsworth, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.