Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 2 March 1944

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

In Booth's pockets were found a compass, a candle, pictures of five women (actresses Alice Grey, Helen Western, Effie Germon, Fannie Brown and Booth's fiancée Lucy Hale), and his diary, where he had written of Lincoln's death, "Our country owed all her troubles to him, and God simply made me the instrument of his punishment".
(26 April 1865)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

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) Thursday 2nd of March 1944 82 years, 10 months and 27 days ago
426 Die in steam-hauled freight train stalling in Balvano, Basilicata, Italy. The freight train was grossly overloaded with illegal passengers. With all the cars in the tunnel, people died of carbon monoxide poisoning when the train stalled on a steep gradient. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balvano_train_disaster