Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 24 April 1856

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

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.
(2 March 1944)

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There are 3367 births, 3931 deaths, 1121 murders, 498 disasters and 2076 other events about 5725 people in 6432 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (+) Thursday 24th of April 1856 169 years ago
General Philippe Henri Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain is born in Cauchy-à-la-Tour, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.