Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 21 October 1917

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

Workers in the first building who tried to escape found the ground floor exit doors locked, and the stairwells soon collapsed. Many workers jumped from the second-, third-, and fourth-floor windows in order to escape the flames, resulting in severe injuries or death.
(10 May 1993)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1989

There are 3359 births, 3911 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (+) Sunday 21st of October 1917 107 years ago
Musician and bandleader Dizzy John Birks Gillespie is born in Cheraw, South Carolina, United States.