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

The SS Mont-Blanc was a French cargo ship fully loaded with wartime explosives that collided with the Norwegian vessel SS Imo. Approximately twenty minutes later, a fire on board the SS Mont-Blanc ignited her explosive cargo, causing a cataclysmic explosion that devastated the Richmond District.
(6 December 1917)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

There are 3377 births, 3944 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2083 other events about 5734 people in 6443 places until today.

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

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Saturday 8th of August 1925 (x) — 30.000 – or up to 50.000 according to some sources – white robed members of the Ku Klux Klan march 22 abreast and 14 rows deep blocks.