Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 20 May 1940

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

Rindt was in the habit of using only four points on the five-point harness then available and did not wear the crotch straps as he wanted to be able to exit the car quickly in the event of fire. As a result, upon impact he slid under the belts and suffered fatal throat injuries.
(5 September 1970)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 20th of May 1940 84 years ago
Leader of the Verdinaso Joris Edmond Eduard Van Severen is brutally murdered by drunken French partizans at the age of 46 in Kiosque d'Abbeville, Abbeville, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Twenty one suspects of varying political stripe were selected and executed without trial.