Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 19 September 1902

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

Before Paddock opened fire on the crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. From his 32nd-floor suites Paddock fired more than 1.000 bullets, killing 60 people and wounding at least 413. The ensuing panic brought the total number of injured to approximately 867. The motive for the mass shooting remains officially undetermined.
(1 October 2017)

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

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 19th of September 1902 122 Years Ago There Was no Fire
115 Die in church stampede in Shiloh Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, United States. 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.