Mapleton became important in the history of forensics and policing as being the subject of the first police composite picture to appear on a wanted poster and in a newspaper. (29 November 1881)
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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Thursday 27th of January 1949 (x) — Taiping was packed to nearly twice her rated capacity carrying over 1.000 refugees fleeing advancing Chinese Communist forces during the Chinese Civil War, when she departed Shanghai on 26 January 1949 bound for Keelung, Taiwan.