Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 April 1981

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

The Mitsubishi L300 van bomb was made from potassium chlorate, aluminium powder, and sulfur. The terrorists assembled 12 plastic filing cabinets filled with explosives. The cabinets, each containing a potassium chlorate, aluminum powder, sulfur mixture with a TNT booster, was connected by 150 metres of PETN-filled detonating cord. Ninety-four RDX electric detonators were fitted to the TNT. The total weight of the van bomb was 1.020 kg. The attack killed 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 23 Britons and people of more than 20 other nationalities.
(12 October 2002)

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There are 3193 births, 3579 deaths, 1017 murders, 439 disasters and 1848 other events about 5349 people in 5931 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 8th of April 1981 38 years ago
War leader Omar Nelson Bradley aka The G.I. 's General dies of cardiac arrhythmia at the age of 88 in New York City, New York, United States.