Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 25 December 2006

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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)

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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 (-) Monday 25th of December 2006 20 years, 0 months and 17 days ago
Double murderer Yoshio Fujinami is executed by hanging at the age of 74 in Tokyo Detention House, Katsushika, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan. Unable to walk, Fujinami was taken to the gallows in a wheelchair.