Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 13 July 1955

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

While pilgrims were traveling to perform the Stoning of the Devil ritual at 10am that morning, the disaster started when a pedestrian bridge railing was bent, causing seven people to fall off a bridge and onto people exiting the tunnel. The tunnel's capacity of 1000 soon filled with up to 5000 people.
(2 July 1990)

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There are 3361 births, 3912 deaths, 1121 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5714 people in 6416 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 13th of July 1955 69 years ago
Murderess Ruth Ellis is executed by hanging by Albert Pierrepoint at the age of 29 in Holloway Prison, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Ellis was the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom, after being convicted of the murder of her 25-year-old lover David Blakely on 10 April 1955.