Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 21 August 1981

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

The blaze was started when a pyrotechnic flare was set off during a concert by the rock group 'Callejeros', and ignited foam in the ceiling. Four of the six doors had been wired shut to keep out "people who would not enter without paying".
(30 December 2004)

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There are 3376 births, 3943 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2079 other events about 5732 people in 6441 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 21st of August 1981 44 years ago
Irish republican hunger striker Michael James 'Mickey' Devine born as Micheal O Duibhinn dies after 60 days hungerstriking at the age of 27 in Maze Prison, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Devine was the tenth and last to die in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike.