Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 17 September 1968

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

The driver stopped the train near the summit of the hill to inspect and adjust the braking system and climbed back into the cab. When he started the train the brakes totally failed, causing the train to roll with great velocity straight back down the hill, crashing after passing two stations into a slow moving goods train.
(24 June 2002)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

There are 3381 births, 3949 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2084 other events about 5737 people in 6449 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Tuesday 17th of September 1968 58 years, 8 months and 4 days ago
32-year-old fictional artist John Fare aka John Fahey or John Faré has removed a thumb, 2 fingers, an eye, 8 toes, both testicles and some pieces of skin, which are all replaced by plastic substitutes in The Isaacs Gallery, 832 Yonge St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.