Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 7 April 1977

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The SS Grandcamp's cargo of approximately 2.300 tons of ammonium nitrate detonated due to a fire and caused a subsequent chain-reaction of further fires and explosions in other ships and nearby oil-storage facilities. An additional 113 people were classified as missing, for no identifiable parts were ever found.
(15 April 1947)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 7th of April 1977 49 years, 1 months and 12 days ago
Attorney General of Germany Siegfried Buback is shot dead by the Rote Armee Fraktion, Kommando Ulrike Meinhof at the age of 57 in Linkenheimer Landstraße, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. RAF members Christian Klar, Knut Folkerts, Günter Sonnenberg and Brigitte Mohnhaupt were formally charged and prosecuted in connection with the Buback murder.