Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 23 December 1997

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

Pearl Harbour was attacked by 353 Japanese fighters, bombers and torpedo planes in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers. There were simultaneous Japanese attacks on the U.S.-held Philippines and on the British Empire in Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong.Four battleships and two other ships sunk, three battleships, three cruisers, three destroyers and three other ships were damaged, 188 aircraft were destroyed and 159 damaged, 2402 were killed and 1247 wounded. The Japanese had four midget submarines sunk and one grounded, 29 aircraft destroyed, 64 killed and one captured.
(7 December 1941)

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There are 3347 births, 3884 deaths, 1122 murders, 492 disasters and 2018 other events about 5697 people in 6343 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Tuesday 23rd of December 1997 27 years ago
The New Year, a two-story houseboat where 28-year-old serial killer Andrew Cunanan aka American Gigolo/American Psycho shot himself through the head, days after killing Gianni Versace in July, sinks to the bottom in Indian Creek, Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Workers believe the boat developed a leak that caused it to sink overnight.