Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 May 2007

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

49-year-old driver Pierre Levegh struck a protective dirt berm at 200 km/h, disintegrating and igniting his car, throwing him onto the track where he was instantly killed and sending large pieces of flaming debris including the engine block and hood cartwheeling over the berm and into the packed grandstand. The momentum of the heaviest components of the car – the engine, radiator and front suspension – hurtled straight on into the crowd for almost 100 metres, crushing all in their path. The bonnet lid scythed through the air, decapitating tightly jammed spectators like a guillotine.
(11 June 1955)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1987

There are 3294 births, 3772 deaths, 1093 murders, 487 disasters and 1935 other events about 5596 people in 6188 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 16th of May 2007 14 years ago
Cop killer Charles Edward Smith is executed by lethal injection at the age of 41 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.