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The Really Small Bad Day Almanac: September 5

1793: In France, the revolutionary government authorizes the Reign of Terror to rid the country of counterrevolutionaries that include aristocrats and clergy.
1887: In Exeter, England, 186 people die in a fire at the Theatre Royal.
1996: Twenty-seven people die when Hurricane Fran comes ashore at Cape Fear, North Carolina.

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