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The Really Small Bad Day Almanac: July 12

1562: In what is now Mexico, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Yucatan burns the sacred books of the Maya.
1918: In Shunan, Japan, 621 people die in the explosion of the Kawachi, a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
2012: In Okobie, Nigeria, more than 100 people die when a tan truck explodes.
2013: Six people die when a train derails at Bretigny-sur-Orge, France.

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