Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

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

An electrical anomaly caused a Zuni rocket on a F-4B Phantom to fire, striking an external fuel tank of an A-4 Skyhawk. The flammable jet fuel spilled across the flight deck, ignited and triggered a chain-reaction of explosions that killed 134 sailors and injured 161.
(29 July 1967)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

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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Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States.

Related events:

Saturday 6th of January 1912 (x) — New Mexico is admitted as 47th U.S. state.
Thursday 6th of March 1986 (-) — Painter Georgia O'Keeffe dies of natural causes.
O'Keefe's ashes were scattered on the land around her home and studio Ghost Ranch.