Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 21 March 1938

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

Drivers of cars, trucks and buses evidently continued to enter the tunnel after the explosion. Soviet troops, fearing that the explosion might have been a rebel attack, closed off both ends with tanks, trapping many inside. Some burned to death; others were killed by smoke and by carbon monoxide escaping from vehicles whose drivers kept their engines idling to stay warm in the freezing cold. As many as 700 Soviet troops and 2,000 Afghan soldiers and civilians may have died.
(3 November 1982)

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There are 3363 births, 3915 deaths, 1121 murders, 495 disasters and 2074 other events about 5717 people in 6421 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 21st of March 1938 87 years ago
Kidnapper and murderer John Travis is executed by hanging in Moundsville State Penitentiary, 818 Jefferson Avenue, Moundsville, West Virginia, United States.