Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 May 1905

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

Less than a second after the detonation the north of the city was destroyed and 35.000 people were killed. Among the deaths were 6.200 out of the 7.500 employees of the Mitsubishi Munitions plant and 24.000 others (including 2.000 Koreans) who worked in other war plants and factories in the city, as well as 150 Japanese soldiers.
(9 August 1945)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 8th of May 1905 121 years, 10 months and 9 days ago
Bank robber William Franklin Rudolph aka The Missouri Kid is executed by hanging at the age of 22 in Union, Missouri, United States. A crowd of more than 200 people including many female admirers gathered to witness the spectacle.