Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 4 June 1926

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

On 17 May Mei was force-fed by an inmate who had no medical skills at all, the feeding tube was wrongly inserted causing serious injuries. After she returned to her cell she had a headache and started to vomit blood, lapsed into a coma and never regained consciousness again. Mei was the 19th Falun Gong member to die in police custody.
(23 May 2000)

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

There are 3395 births, 3960 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5749 people in 6462 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (+) Friday 4th of June 1926 100 years, 0 months and 15 days ago
The heaviest human being recorded in the history of the world Robert Earl Hughes is born in Baylis, Illinois, United States. At the age of six Hughes weighed about 92 kilograms (200 lb); at ten he weighed 171 kilograms (380 lb). By the time of his death he weighed almost half a ton.