Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
When asked on his deathbed by a priest to renounce the devil and turn to God Voltaire replied "For God's sake, let me die in peace."
(30 May 1778)
There are 3366 births, 3930 deaths, 1121 murders, 498 disasters and 2076 other events about 5724 people in 6431 places until today.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Thursday 9th of August 1945 80 years ago |
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 The US B-29 Bockscar piloted by Major Charles W. Sweeney drops a bomb named 'Fat Man' containing a core of about 5 kg of plutonium in Urakami, Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan. 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. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki#Nagasaki |
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