Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 22 November 1963

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The two explosions at Silo 110 of the plant formed a crater 90 m by 125 m wide and 19 m deep. The explosions were heard as two loud bangs in north-eastern France and in München, more than 300 km away, and are estimated to have contained an energy of 1–2 kilotonnes TNT equivalent. Over 2.000 people were injured. According to some descriptions only 10% of the 4.500 tonnes of fertilizer stored in the silo detonated in the incident.
(21 September 1921)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 22nd of November 1963 62 years ago
Writer Aldous Leonard Huxley dies of an overdose of LSD at the age of 69 in Los Angeles, California, United States. On his deathbed, suffering from laryngeal cancer and unable to speak, Huxley made a written request to his wife Laura for "LSD, 100 µg, intramuscular". According to her account of his death in 'This Timeless Moment', she obliged with an injection at 11:45 am and a second dose a few hours later. Huxley died at 5:20 pm.