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An annual beer festival, Beerfest Asia, is held in Singapore in June each year. It was first held in 2008 and attracts over 30,000 beer lovers. [16] The festival features over 500 beers and ciders from over 35 exhibitors around the world. [17] The Asia Beer Awards, were established in 2008 and ran in conjunction with Beerfest Asia until 2013.
In 2013, as a result of methanol mass poisoning in Iran [29] 694 people were hospitalised in the city of Rafsanjan. 8 people were reported dead due to severe intoxication. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran , nearly 300 people died and over a thousand became ill from drinking methanol in the belief that drinking it can kill the virus in the ...
For a given epidemic or pandemic, the average of its estimated death toll range is used for ranking. If the death toll averages of two or more epidemics or pandemics are equal, then the smaller the range, the higher the rank. For the historical records of major changes in the world population, see world population. [3]
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in February 2025 ) and then linked below. 2025
The company recalled over 27 million pounds of poultry products it had manufactured, in the largest recall in history. The outbreak killed 7 people, sickened 46, and caused 3 miscarriages. [50] [51] Botulism sickened 8 people in Western Alaska as a result of eating a beached beluga whale. [52]
This is a list of foodborne illness outbreaks by death toll, caused by infectious disease, heavy metals, chemical contamination, or from natural toxins, such as those found in poisonous mushrooms. Before modern microbiology, foodbourne illness was not understood, and, from the mid 1800s to early-mid 1900s, was perceived as ptomaine poisoning ...
At least two of the reported 14 people killed were strikers: ILA member Etienne Christ shot to death in Port Arthur, Texas, on 10/21, [130] and striker Samuel L. Brandt shot to death in Houston on 11/25. [131] Strikebreakers allegedly fired the shots that killed Brandt. [129] Striker Ernest Dukes was shot dead by a policeman on October 30 in ...
Singapore is renamed Syonan-to (Light of the South Island). Singapore change its time zone to GMT+09:00 to be the same as Japan. 18 February – 4 March: The Japanese military police, the Kempeitai kills an estimated 25,000 to 50,000 people during Sook Ching Massacre. 1943: 27 September: Operation Jaywick occurred. Seven Japanese ships are ...