Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 11 June 1997

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

The 4.310-ton French vessel was carrying 76 tons of Belgian munitions from the port of Antwerpen. Thirty minutes after the first explosion, while hundreds of people were involved in a FAR-organized operation to rescue victims and secure the ship, a second even more powerful explosion occurred, resulting in many further fatalities. At the time of the explosion, Che Guevara was in a meeting in the INRA building nearby. The explosion is often attributed to the CIA who wished to overthrow the new government of Fidel Castro.
(4 March 1960)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 11th of June 1997 27 years ago It Was a Good Day to Die
Double murderer Earl Russell Behringer is executed by lethal injection at the age of 33 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Behringer's last meal request was for scrambled eggs, hash browns, toast, gravy, sausage and grape juice. Behringer's last words were: "It’s a good day to die. I walked in here like a man and I am leaving here like a man. I had a good life. I have known the love of a good woman, my wife. I have a good family. My grandmother is the pillar of the community."