Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 14 April 1926

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

Two hours before Okada was found with a slashed wrist in her gas-filled apartment crouching in a closet and crying. Okada's death resulted in many copycat suicides in Japan, soon christened with the neologism 'Yukiko Syndrome'.
(8 April 1986)

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There are 3376 births, 3943 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2079 other events about 5732 people in 6441 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 14th of April 1926 99 years ago
Murderer Edward Markus is executed by hanging at the age of 24 in Pretoria Central Prison, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.