Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 21 March 2002

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

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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There are 3393 births, 3960 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5748 people in 6461 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Thursday 21st of March 2002 24 years, 2 months and 25 days ago
52-year-old fraudster John Darwin aka The Canoe Man goes paddling out to sea in his canoe in Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, North East, United Kingdom. On 1 December 2007 Darwin walked into the West End Central police station in London claiming to have no memory of the past five years.