Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 12 August 2000

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

"I remember when she got in there was an overpowering smell of cheap perfume and sweat, this served all the more for me to hate this woman even though I didn't even know her."
(20 January 1975)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

There are 3359 births, 3910 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2071 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Saturday 12th of August 2000 24 Years Ago
118 Die in K-141 Kursk nuclear-powered cruise-missile submarine explosion in Murmanskaya Oblast, the Barents Sea. The explosion was caused by a faulty weld on a 65–76 "Kit" practice torpedo, leading to an explosion of high-test peroxide and secondary detonation of 5 to 7 torpedo warheads.