Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 21 April 1831

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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)

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There are 3347 births, 3884 deaths, 1122 murders, 492 disasters and 2018 other events about 5697 people in 6343 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 21st of April 1831 193 years ago
Serial poisoner Gesche Margarethe Gottfried born as Margarethe Timm aka Der Engel von Bremen is executed by beheading at the age of 46 in Domshof, Bremen, Freie Hansestadt Bremen, Germany. Gottfried killed at least 15 relatives including her parents and three children and friends with arsenic. Gottfried was the last person to be publicly executed (for a crowd of 35.000) in Bremen.