Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
The Great Fire started at the bakery of Thomas Farriner shortly after midnight and spread rapidly west across the City of London. The major firefighting technique of the time was to create firebreaks by means of demolition. By the time large-scale demolitions were ordered on Sunday night the wind had already fanned the bakery fire into a firestorm that defeated such measures. By 6 September the Great Fire consumed 13.200 houses, 87 parish churches, St Paul's Cathedral and most of the buildings of the City authorities. It is estimated to have destroyed the homes of 70.000 of the city's 80.000 inhabitants.
(2 September 1666)
There are 3385 births, 3950 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2085 other events about 5737 people in 6452 places until today.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Monday 22nd of May 1967 59 years, 3 months and 17 days ago |
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 251 Die in L'Innovation department store fire in L'Innovation, Rue Neuve, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium. The fire inspired Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin to burn down warehouses in Germany as a protest against the war in Vietnam. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Innovation_Department_Store_fire |
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