Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 1 March 1983

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

As thousands of spectators were leaving the ground by stairway 13, it appears that someone, possibly a child being carried on his father's shoulders, fell, causing a massive chain-reaction pile-up of people. Over 200 people were injured.
(2 January 1971)

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There are 3385 births, 3951 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2085 other events about 5738 people in 6452 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 1st of March 1983 43 years, 0 months and 11 days ago
Journalist and writer Arthur Koestler born as Kösztler Artúr commits suicide by an overdose of Tuinal barbiturates taken with alcohol at the age of 78 in 8 Montpelier Square, Kensington, London, Greater London, United States. Koestler's 55-year-old wife Cynthia Jefferies joined him in death.