Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 April 2006

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

Neither airline was originally due to be at the airport but both were diverted from the much bigger Las Palmas airport on nearby Gran Canaria island after a terrorist bomb blast near the departure lounge. 61 people survived. The crash is the deadliest accident in aviation history.
(27 March 1977)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 8th of April 2006 20 years, 11 months and 11 days ago
Writer Gerard Reve born as Gerard Kornelis van het Reve dies of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 83 in Zulte, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.