Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 17 August 1969

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

Judge Justice Wills described the sentence, the maximum allowed, as "totally inadequate for a case such as this" and that the case was "the worst case I have ever tried". Wilde's response was "And I? May I say nothing, my Lord?"
(25 May 1895)

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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 (-) Sunday 17th of August 1969 57 years, 6 months and 18 days ago
Modernist architecture pioneer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe born as Maria Ludwig Michael Mies dies of esophageal cancer at the age of 83 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.