Disasters with highest death tolls - Ash Wednesday Bushfires
Time: Wednesday Feb 16, 1983
Place: Australia
Details: The Ash Wednesday bushfires, known in South Australia as Ash Wednesday II, were a series of bushfires that occurred in south-eastern Australia on 16 February 1983, which was Ash Wednesday in the Christian calendar. In Victoria 47 people died. There were 28 deaths in South Australia. This included 14 CFA and 3 CFS volunteer fire-fighters who died across both states that day.
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Iran–Iraq War-Capturing the Iraqi town of Haj Omran
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