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The SS Grandcamp's cargo of approximately 2.300 tons of ammonium nitrate detonated due to a fire and caused a subsequent chain-reaction of further fires and explosions in other ships and nearby oil-storage facilities. An additional 113 people were classified as missing, for no identifiable parts were ever found.
(15 April 1947)

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

There are 3365 births, 3925 deaths, 1121 murders, 497 disasters and 2076 other events about 5723 people in 6427 places until today.

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98 Birriga Road, Bellevue Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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