Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 25 July 1909

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

Metesky's device was found before it could go off. It was wrapped in a note written in distinctive block letters and signed 'F.P.', stating "CON EDISON CROOKS – THIS IS FOR YOU." F.P. stood for 'Fair Play'.
(16 November 1940)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

There are 3366 births, 3926 deaths, 1121 murders, 497 disasters and 2076 other events about 5724 people in 6428 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Sunday 25th of July 1909 116 years ago
37-year-old aviation pioneer Louis Blériot becomes the first man to fly from Calais, France across the English Channel in a heavier than air aircraft in Northfall Meadow, Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Blériot won the prize of £1,000 offered by the Daily Mail newspaper.