Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 27 April 1605

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

Four days before the explosion residents started complaining of a strong gasoline-like smell coming from the sewers which became progressively more pungent over the course of days. Nearly people were 500 injured and 15.000 were left homeless.
(22 April 1992)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 27th of April 1605 420 years ago
232nd Pope Leo XI born as Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici aka Papa Lampo dies as a result of fatigue and cold in the ceremony of taking possession of the Arcibasilica Papale di San Giovanni in Laterano at the age of -330 in Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy. Leo XI's pontificate is one of the briefest in history having lasted under a month.