Wednesday, August 11, 2010

AUGUST 12 NUMBER FACTS

31: British aircrafts lost when Luftwaffe bombed British radar stations, on August 14, 1940.

142: Deaths resulting from a Panic in church of Brazzaville, Congo, August 12, 1994.

336: Hours spent by Arron Marshall taking shower continuously, a world record, as of August 12, 1978.
435: Deaths from a Heavy earthquake that striked Isotope islands, on August 14, 1953.
520: Deaths resulting from a Japanese Boeing 747SR crash on August 12, 1985. (worst in-flight toll).
1851: The Year Isaac Singer patented sewing machine.
1877: The year Thomas Edison invented Edisonphone, a sound recording device.

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