Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 13 October 1972

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

On exactly the same day that, 21 years earlier, 13-year-old Petra Giese was killed by Joachim ‘Jockel’ Kroll, the Ruhr Hunter, I sat on a chair and cut off all the clothes off my body. To my left hand a rope was tied, leading to an electric winch at the other end of the room, slowly dragging my body over the concrete floor.
(23 April 1993)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

There are 3393 births, 3959 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5748 people in 6460 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 13th of October 1972 54 years, 4 months and 3 days ago
174 Die in Aeroflot Ilyushin II-62 Flight 217 crash in Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia. Investigators believe the most probable cause for the crash was the 'psycho-physiological incapacitation of the crew for reasons unknown'.