Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 20 May 1521

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

Of the 1309 passengers and crew on board only 150 people survived. Four other ferries sank in the same typhoon, making a total loss of life of 1430.
(26 September 1954)

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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 (x) Friday 20th of May 1521 503 years ago
30-year-old founder of the Jesuits Ignatius de Loyola is severely injured when a French cannonball shatters his leg while storming the fortress in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain.