Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 26 July 1987

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

All four trains had departed the Alcalá de Henares station between 07:01 and 07:14. The explosions took place between 07:37 and 07:40. Atocha Station (train number 21431) - Three bombs exploded. El Pozo del Tío Raimundo Station (train number 21435) - Two bombs exploded. Santa Eugenia Station (train number 21713) - One bomb exploded. Calle Téllez (train number 17305) - Four bombs exploded. Over 2000 people were injured. On 3 April 2004 the presumed perpetrators committed suicide by setting off explosives, killing themselves and one of the police officers in Leganés, south of Madrid.
(11 March 2004)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 26th of July 1987 39 years, 6 months and 13 days ago
Writer and playwright Tawfīq al-Hakīm aka The Enemy of Woman dies of undisclosed causes at the age of 89 in Caïro, Al Qahirah, Egypt.