Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Borodin, Alexander Porfiryevich

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

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)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

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

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

Like BFD on Facebook
Follow BFD on Tumblr
Like DDV on Facebook
Follow DDV on Twitter

Get a daily BFD list in your mailbox.

		Composer Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin 12 November 1833 (+) is born in St. Petersburg, Russia. 27 February 1887 (-) dies of poor health in St. Petersburg, Russia.
More info on Wikipedia