Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 17 October 1898

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

Midgley accidently strangled himself with an elaborate system of ropes and pulleys he designed himself to lift him from his bed since he was struck by poliomyelitis in 1940.
(2 November 1944)

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

There are 3395 births, 3960 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5749 people in 6462 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (+) Monday 17th of October 1898 128 years, 8 months and 15 days ago
Writer Simon Vestdijk is born in Voorstraat 61a, Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands.