After the Whiteboys had committed their bloody work they burned the house to the ground. A small boy named Conner took refuge under the bed and escaped unhurt. (4 February 1880)
There are 3392 births, 3956 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5745 people in 6459 places until today.
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United States' Ramstein Air Base
Ramstein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
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Monday 31st of August 1981 (x) — Car bomb attack by die Rote Armee Fraktion commando 'Sigurd Debus'. Sigurd Debus was a Rote Armee Fraktion member who died hungerstriking in Hamburg on 16 April. 20 people got injured.
Sunday 28th of August 1988 (x) — during the Flugtag'88 airshow. The mid-air collision took place as the two heart-forming groups passed each other and the heart-piercing aircraft hit them. 346 spectators sustained serious injuries in the resulting explosion and fire and hundreds more had minor injuries. The German band Rammstein was named after this catastrophe. The second "M" was added so the name means "Ramming Stone."