Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
The fluid in one of the Bennington's catapults leaked out and was detonated by the flames of a jet causing the forward part of the flight deck to explode, setting off a series of secondary explosions.
(26 May 1954)
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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 15th of April 1889 136 years ago |
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 Catholic priest and missionary Father Damiaan born as Jozef De Veuster aka The Apostle of the Lepers dies of leprosy at the age of 49 in Kalaupapa, Hawaii, United States.  In January 1936 Damiaan's body was returned to Belgium. He was buried in Leuven. After his beatification in June 1995 the remains of his right hand were returned to Hawaii and re-interred in his original grave on Molokai. |
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