Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Vratislavice nad Nisou, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia

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

The SS Grandcamp's cargo of approximately 2.300 tons of ammonium nitrate detonated due to a fire and caused a subsequent chain-reaction of further fires and explosions in other ships and nearby oil-storage facilities. An additional 113 people were classified as missing, for no identifiable parts were ever found.
(15 April 1947)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

There are 3386 births, 3952 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2085 other events about 5739 people in 6452 places until today.

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Vratislavice nad Nisou, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia.

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