Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 1 May 1873

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

Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 collided with two other aircraft while attempting to land. The hijacked aircraft struck a parked China Southwest Airlines Boeing 707 first and then collided with China Southern Airlines Flight 2812 Boeing 757 waiting to take off, fipping onto its back. The plane was hijacked by 21-year-old Jiang Xiaofeng who was seeking political asylum in Taiwan.
(2 October 1990)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1987

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

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 1st of May 1873 153 years, 11 months and 26 days ago
Explorer and pioneer medical missionary David Livingstone dies of malaria and internal bleeding caused by dysentery at the age of 60 in Chief Chitambo's Village, Ilala, Zambia. Livingstone's heart was buried under a Mvula tree near the spot where he died, now the site of the Livingstone Memorial.