Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Newport, Rhode Island, United States

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

The fluid in one of the Bennington's catapults leaked out and was detonated by the flames of a jet causing the forward part of the flight deck to explode, setting off a series of secondary explosions.
(26 May 1954)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

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

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

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Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

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Friday 12th of April 1715 (-) — Double murderer Jeremiah Meacham is executed by hanging.
Meacham killed his wife and her sister on 21 March 1715. Meacham was executed in front of several thousand spectators and his body was hung in gibbets.