Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 24 October 2002

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

The entire United States Figure Skating team, on its way to the 1961 World Championships in Prague, was killed in the crash. Farmer Theo De Laet working in the fields was killed by a piece of aluminum debris from the plane, and and his friend Marcel Lauwers' leg was severed by flying debris.
(15 February 1961)

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There are 3377 births, 3944 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2079 other events about 5733 people in 6441 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Thursday 24th of October 2002 23 years ago
42-year-old serial killer John Allen Muhammad, originally John Allen Williams aka The Beltway Sniper and his 17-year-old accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo are arrested in Myersville, Maryland, United States. Muhammad's blue 1990 Chevrolet Caprice, a former police car, was spotted parked in an Interstate 70 rest stop.