Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 2 July 1990

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

McVeigh invited conductor and composer David Woodard to perform pre-requiem Mass music on the eve of his execution. McVeigh's last meal request was for two pints of mint chocolate chip ice cream. McVeigh chose William Ernest Henley's poem 'Invictus' as his final statement.
(11 June 2001)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

There are 3359 births, 3911 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Monday 2nd of July 1990 34 Years Ago
1426 pilgrims Die in Al-Ma'aisim tunnel stampede in Mina, Mecca, Makkah l-Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia. While pilgrims were traveling to perform the Stoning of the Devil ritual at 10am that morning, the disaster started when a pedestrian bridge railing was bent, causing seven people to fall off a bridge and onto people exiting the tunnel. The tunnel's capacity of 1000 soon filled with up to 5000 people.