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The Really Small Bad Day Almanac: May 8

1842: In Paris, up to 200 people are said to die in a train derailment and subsequent fire.
1873: English economist John Stuart Mill dies.
1880: French author Gustave Flaubert dies.
1902: On the island of Martinique,in the Caribbean, an estimated  30,000 people die in the eruption of Mount Pelee.
1903: French Painter Paul Gauguin dies.

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