Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 26 May 1954

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

Stamboliyski's hand that signed the Treaty of Niš was cut off. His head was sent to Sofia in a box of biscuits.
(14 June 1923)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 26th of May 1954 72 years, 11 months and 2 days ago
103 Die in USS Bennington (CV-20) aircraft carrier explosion in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, United States. 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.