Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 17 January 2010

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

At the beginning of the second act, a dance number in the popular Drury Lane musical 'Mr. Bluebeard', was in progress when an arc light shorted out and sparks ignited a muslin curtain.
(30 December 1903)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

There are 3377 births, 3944 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2079 other events about 5733 people in 6441 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Sunday 17th of January 2010 15 years ago
69-year-old military commander and chief of the Iraqi Intelligence Service Ali Hassan al-Majid, originally Alī Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrītī aka Chemical Ali is sentenced to death for the fourth time in Baġdād, Muḥāfaẓät Baġdād, Iraq.