Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 14 May 1973

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

51 railway wagons carrying sulfur, fertilizer, petrol and cotton wool broke loose from their siding at Abu Muslim Station and rolled down the track for about 20 kilometres until they derailed and rolled down an embankment. During the cleanup operation the cargo of the wagons exploded.
(18 February 2004)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Monday 14th of May 1973 51 years ago
Six members of the Alday family are raped, sodomised, beaten and shot dead by escaped prisoners Wayne Coleman, George Dungee and Carl and Billy Isaacs in Alday Farm, Donalsonville, Georgia, United States. The victims were Jerry Alday, his 25-year-old wife Mary, his father Ned, his brothers Chester and Jimmy, and uncle Aubrey. The fugitives were arrested a few days later in West Virginia.