Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 20 May 1509

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Seress actually survived jumping out of his window, but later in the hospital choked himself to death with a wire. His song 'Szomorú Vasárnap (Gloomy Sunday)' sparked a worldwide wave of suicides in 1933.
(11 January 1968)

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There are 3362 births, 3913 deaths, 1121 murders, 494 disasters and 2074 other events about 5715 people in 6417 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 20th of May 1509 515 years ago
Explorer, navigator, cartographer and captain Christophorus Columbus dies of Reiter's syndrome at the age of 58 in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain.