Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 7 July 1961

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

Folkes was the first man to walk into the gas chamber without wearing a blindfold.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 7th of July 1961 65 years, 3 months and 21 days ago
108 Die in coal mine fire in Důl Dukla, Dolní Suchá, Moravia, Czechoslovakia. The fire was triggered by a miner who accidentally started a conveyor belt and did not notice it. The conveyor belt was working idle and eventually due to friction the rubber band of it caught fire.