Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 12 October 1492

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The fire was triggered by a miner who accidentally started a conveyor belt and did not notice it. The conveyor belt was working idle and eventually due to friction the rubber band of it caught fire.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 12th of October 1492 533 years ago He Landed in the New World
41-year-old explorer, navigator, cartographer and captain Christophorus Columbus discovers and lands on the first land in the New World and calls it San Salvador in Guanahani, San Salvador, Bahamas.