In Texas City, TX, on this day in 1947, the French ship
Grandcamp, carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer,
caught fire and blew up. The explosions and resulting
fires killed 576 people.
Rescue workers search for survivors at the Texas City
Terminal Building after disaster.
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin ( April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977)
Chaplin was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose
to fame in the era of silent film.
The Tramp
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