Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 18 August 1922

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

The driver stopped the train near the summit of the hill to inspect and adjust the braking system and climbed back into the cab. When he started the train the brakes totally failed, causing the train to roll with great velocity straight back down the hill, crashing after passing two stations into a slow moving goods train.
(24 June 2002)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1989

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 (+) Friday 18th of August 1922 103 years ago
Film director Alain Robbe-Grillet is born in Brest, Bretagne, France.