The fire began when cotton bales stored on NDL’s southernmost wharf caught fire, and winds carried the flames to nearby barrels of volatile liquids, such as turpentine and oil, which exploded in rapid succession. (30 June 1900)
There are 3359 births, 3911 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.
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Tuesday 21st of August 1962 (+) — Serial killer, cannibal and necrophile Tsutomu Miyazaki is born Miyazaki's premature birth left him with deformed hands which were permanently gnarled and fused directly to the wrists, which meant he needed to move his entire forearm in order to rotate the hand.