Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 August 2003

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

Passengers, including many gold miners were killed by being dashed against the rocks by the waves rather than drowned. Others drowned weighed down by the belts of gold they were wearing around their bodies. The survivors, 21 passengers and 18 crew members were all men, with no women or children saved.
(26 October 1859)

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There are 3384 births, 3950 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2084 other events about 5737 people in 6452 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 16th of August 2003 23 years, 5 months and 13 days ago
3rd President of Uganda Idi Amin born as Idi Amin Dada Oumee aka the Butcher of Uganda dies of kidney failure at the age of 78 in King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Jeddah, Hejaz, Saudi Arabia.