Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 21 October 1440

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

The freight train was grossly overloaded with illegal passengers. With all the cars in the tunnel, people died of carbon monoxide poisoning when the train stalled on a steep gradient.
(2 March 1944)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 21st of October 1440 585 years ago Il a Avoué Volontairement, Librement et Douloureusement
35-year-old baron, knight, companion-in-arms of Jeanne D'Arc and serial killer of children Gilles de Rais, originally Gilles de Montmorency-Laval aka Gilles de Retz makes a full confession of his crimes in court in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France.