Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 18 May 1781

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Seven army ammunition trucks loaded with 1053 boxes of dynamite parked in an old railway station exploded in the early hours of the morning, destroying 41 blocks and leaving a crater 50 meters wide and 25 meters deep. The blast destroyed buildings, homes and existing businesses and killed about 4.000 people and injuring another 12.000. The cause of the explosion is unknown.
(7 August 1956)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 18th of May 1781 243 years ago
Revolutionary leader Túpac Amaru II born as José Gabriel Condorcanqui Noguera is executed by quartering at the age of 43 in Cusco, Cusco, Peru. Amaru was first forced to bear witness to the execution of his wife Micaela Bastidas, his eldest son Hipólito, his uncle Francisco Tupa Amaro, his brother-in-law Antonio Bastidas and some of his captains before his own death. After the failed dismemberment by four horses Amaru's body was quartered and he was then beheaded.