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The fire reportedly started when a woman was cooking on board, leading to a blaze that caused panic among the 500 passengers. Many jumped into the river to escape the flames, but some were unable to swim and drowned. Approximately 100 people were rescued, many with severe burns, while 100 were unaccounted for.
(15 April 2025)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

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

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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Assisi, Umbria, Italy.

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Saturday 3rd of October 1226 (-) — Catholic friar San Francesco d'Assisi dies after increasing ill-health.
Due in part to the way he mistreated Brother Ass, as Francesco called his body, he was led away from earth by Sister Death in whose praise he had shortly before added a new strophe to his Canticle of the Sun.