Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 15 April 1945

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As thousands of spectators were leaving the ground by stairway 13, it appears that someone, possibly a child being carried on his father's shoulders, fell, causing a massive chain-reaction pile-up of people. Over 200 people were injured.
(2 January 1971)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Sunday 15th of April 1945 79 years ago They Discovered the Camp by Chance
The Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated by British and Canadian troops in KZ Bergen-Belsen, Bergen, Niedersachsen, Germany. The first two to reach the camp were a British Special Air Service officer, Lieutenant John Randall and his jeep driver who were on a reconnaissance mission and discovered the camp by chance.