Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 3 January 1892

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

Most of the dead were found in the Playtown Cabaret on the 6th floor. 93 suffered carbon dioxide poisoning, three died from compression injuries in the chest and abdomen (meaning that they were probably trampled to death) and 22 died from jumping.
(13 May 1972)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

There are 3393 births, 3960 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5748 people in 6461 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (+) Sunday 3rd of January 1892 134 years, 5 months and 12 days ago
Writer, poet, philologist and university professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is born in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa.