Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 17 January 1899

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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 (+) Tuesday 17th of January 1899 127 years, 2 months and 29 days ago
Writer and aeronautical engineer Nevil Shute is born as Nevil Shute Norway in Somerset Road, Ealing, London, West London, United Kingdom.