Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 4 August 1859

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

Over 40,000 cubic metres of debris covered the village in minutes and the classrooms at Pantglas Junior School were immediately inundated, with young children and teachers dying from impact or suffocation.
(21 October 1966)

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There are 3377 births, 3944 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2083 other events about 5734 people in 6443 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (+) Thursday 4th of August 1859 166 years ago
Writer Knut Hamsun is born as Knud Pedersen in Lom, Gudbrandsdal, Norway.