Fact #93053
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One of four reactors in the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl in the Ukraine, explodes. 57 deaths are caused directly by the accident itself, and the eventual death toll caused by radiation runs into the thousands. This horrific incident will inspire the 1988 song Red Alert by British heavy metal band Saxon, who were touring nearby when the Chernobyl event took place.
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