Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 24 March 1878

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

That same day Jones coaxed 910 inhabitants of Jonestown including 303 children into a mass suicide by drinking cyanide-laced grape-flavored Flavor Aid. At the end of a 45-minute recording made during the mass suicide, Jones concluded: "We didn't commit suicide; we committed an act of revolutionary suicide protesting the conditions of an inhumane world."
(18 November 1978)

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

There are 3392 births, 3956 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5745 people in 6459 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Sunday 24th of March 1878 148 years, 1 months and 25 days ago
317 Die in HMS Eurydice Royal Navy training corvette sinking in Ventnor, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Only two of the ship's crew and trainees survived. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Eurydice_(1843)