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On what day in history did the most people die?

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Posted - September 11, 2016

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  • 258

    Possibly an earthquake in China in 1556, killing 830,000. The firebombing of Tokyo may have killed as many as 300,000 in a single night.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/17yy33/on_which_day_in_history_did_the_most_people_die/

    On a day to day basis, with the world's current population of 7.4 billion, an average of 162,000 die on any given day.

      September 11, 2016 2:01 PM MDT
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  • 17398

    I suppose the day that  Noah's ark started  floating. 

      September 11, 2016 2:07 PM MDT
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  • 5835

    November 1, 1755 - Lisbon, capitol of the Portuguese Empire, was destroyed by an earthquake, a tsunami, and a fire storm, killing about 40,000 people. LINK TO THE STORY

    There was at least one biblical story where 180 thousand soldiers were killed by a single bolt of lightning. Sorry, can't find the link.

      September 11, 2016 3:43 PM MDT
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    7337

     amen to that!

      September 11, 2016 4:56 PM MDT
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  • 5835

    Lots of specially trained smart people have looked hard for evidence of a world wide flood. They found two. Neither of them was Noah's flood of 2349 BC. Nevertheless, people all over the world recorded a flood that year and they all agreed on all the details. You might be surprised to learn what actually happened. This is long, but it's all there: http://saturniancosmology.org/

    If you don't care to read the whole book, here is the section about Noah:
    http://saturniancosmology.org/noah.php

      September 11, 2016 5:18 PM MDT
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