Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
The miners were suffocated by methane gas and crushed to death by rockfall caused by cascading pillar failure.
(21 January 1960)
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 (-) Friday 20th of January 1939 87 years, 0 months and 10 days ago |
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 Murderer LeRoy Hershel McCarthy is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 29 in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States. McCarthy was the first man to be executed in the Oregon State Gas Chamber. |
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