Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 21 May 1927

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

Train conductor Thomas Finn and engineer William Burnie failed to acknowledge a stop signal and the train fell through an open swing bridge into the Richelieu River.
(29 June 1864)

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There are 3381 births, 3949 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2084 other events about 5737 people in 6449 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Saturday 21st of May 1927 99 years, 7 months and 19 days ago
25-year-old aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh aka The Lone Eagle lands after a 33 1⁄2 hour flight from New York in his 'Spirit of St. Louis' aircraft in Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget, Le Bourget, Île-de-France, France. It was the first successful nonstop transatlantic flight between New York City and Paris.