Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
Ruxton was executed despite a petition urging clemency for him from Lancaster residents having collected over 10.000 signatures.
(12 May 1936)
There are 3361 births, 3912 deaths, 1121 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5714 people in 6416 places until today.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Saturday 16th of March 1968 56 years ago |
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 Between 347 and 504 unarmed people are killed by the U.S. Army soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade, 23rd (Americal) Infantry Division led by 25-year-old American hero and mass murderer William Calley in Mỹ Lai, Sơn Mỹ, Sơn Tịnh District, Vietnam. Twenty-six soldiers were charged with criminal offenses, but only Calley was convicted. Found guilty of killing 22 villagers, he was originally given a life sentence but served only three and a half years under house arrest. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre |
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