Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 15 July 1883

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

The church was crowded with approximately 3.000 people to hear Booker T. Washington address the National Convention of Negro Baptists. Someone in the choir yelled "A fight!" Mistaking the word 'fight' for 'fire' the congregation rose en masse and started for the door. Through mere fright many persons fainted and as they fell to the floor were crushed to death.
(19 September 1902)

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

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 5th of July 1883 141 years ago
Charles Sherwood Stratton aka General Tom Thumb dies of a stroke at the age of 45 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States.