The fire started when a fireworks display created a chain reaction, setting off the fireworks of other nearby vendors. The aftermath created a "wall of fire" that spread for four blocks and raged for several hours. (29 December 2001)
There are 3361 births, 3912 deaths, 1121 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5714 people in 6416 places until today.
Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.
Thursday 21st of June 1979 (-) — Musician, poet and occultist Angus MacLise dies of starvation and pulmonary tuberculosis
Wednesday 17th of September 2003 (x) — Serial killer Charles Sobhraj is recognised in a street by a journalist Sobhraj still had a warrant out for the 1975 murders of 29-year-old Connie Bronzich and 26-year-old Laurent Ormond Carrière. He was arrested two days later.
Friday 20th of August 2004 (x) — Serial killer Charles Sobhraj is sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1975 murders of 29-year-old Connie Bronzich and 26-year-old Laurent Ormond Carrière Sobhraj was recognised in a street of Kathmandu by a journalist on 17 September 2003 and arrested two days later.