Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 24 October 1948

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

Less than a second after the detonation the north of the city was destroyed and 35.000 people were killed. Among the deaths were 6.200 out of the 7.500 employees of the Mitsubishi Munitions plant and 24.000 others (including 2.000 Koreans) who worked in other war plants and factories in the city, as well as 150 Japanese soldiers.
(9 August 1945)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 24th of October 1948 78 years, 6 months and 6 days ago
Composer Franz Lehár dies of natural causes at the age of 78 in Bad Ischl, Oberösterreich, Austria.