Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 15 April 1951

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

The fire started when the band Gurizada Fandangueira ignited fireworks during their show. The high death toll was due to the lack of emergency exits (the only access in and out of the building was the front door) and the fact that the number of people inside exceeded the maximum capacity by hundreds.
(27 January 2013)

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There are 3362 births, 3913 deaths, 1121 murders, 494 disasters and 2074 other events about 5715 people in 6417 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Sunday 15th of April 1951 73 years ago
Mabel Everson dies at the age of 69. On the night of the funeral 45-year-old murderer and body snatcher Ed Gein aka America’s Most Bizarre Murderer robs her grave and takes parts of her body home to make his grisly artefacts in Plainfield, Wisconsin, United States.