Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 18 January 1988

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

Passengers began boarding Eastland at about 6:30 am and by 7:10 am the ship had reached its capacity of 2.572 passengers. The ship was packed with many passengers standing on the open upper decks and began to list slightly to the port side. The crew attempted to stabilize the ship by admitting water to its ballast tanks to little avail. Sometime during the next 15 minutes a number of passengers rushed to the port side and at 7:28 am Eastland lurched sharply to port and then rolled completely onto its port side, coming to rest on the river bottom.
(24 July 1915)

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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 (x) Monday 18th of January 1988 38 years, 6 months and 29 days ago
108 Die in China Southwest Airlines Ilyushin Il-18 Flight 4146 crash in Chongqing, China. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Southwest_Airlines_Flight_4146