Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
Blériot won the prize of £1,000 offered by the Daily Mail newspaper.
(25 July 1909)
There are 3393 births, 3960 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5748 people in 6461 places until today.
Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Thursday 2nd of March 1944 82 years, 3 months and 14 days ago |
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 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 |
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