Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 July 1981

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

The rocket flies off course 3 seconds after liftoff and crashes into a rural village. Estimates suggest that anywhere between 200 to 500 people might have been killed in the crash.
(15 February 1996)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1989

There are 3346 births, 3884 deaths, 1122 murders, 492 disasters and 2018 other events about 5697 people in 6343 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 8th of July 1981 43 years ago
Irish republican hunger striker Joe Joseph McDonnel born as Seosamh Mac Domhnaill dies after 61 days of hungerstriking at the age of 30 in Maze Prison, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. McDonnel was the fifth to die in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike.