Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 18 January 1929

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

Mount Vesuvius violently spewed forth a deadly cloud of super-heated tephra and gases to a height of 33 km, ejecting molten rock, pulverized pumice and hot ash at 1.5 million tons per second. The remains of over 1.500 people have so far been found. The total number of fatalities remains unknown.
(24 August 79)

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

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 (x) Friday 18th of January 1929 97 years, 0 months and 12 days ago
4 Policemen on their way to arrest him are killed by 34-year-old cop killer IJje Wijkstra in Doezum, Groningen, Netherlands.