Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 23 May 1868

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

An electrical anomaly caused a Zuni rocket on a F-4B Phantom to fire, striking an external fuel tank of an A-4 Skyhawk. The flammable jet fuel spilled across the flight deck, ignited and triggered a chain-reaction of explosions that killed 134 sailors and injured 161.
(29 July 1967)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

There are 3391 births, 3955 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5744 people in 6459 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 23rd of May 1868 158 years, 11 months and 17 days ago
Frontiersman, fur trapper and wilderness guide Kit Christopher Houston Carson dies of abdominal aortic aneurysm at the age of 59 in Fort Lyon, Colorado, United States.