Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
Several photographs were taken of the lynching, which were published and sold as postcards in local stores for 25 cents each, a common practice after lynchings, along with pieces of the rope, Frank's nightshirt, and branches from the tree.
(17 August 1915)
There are 3395 births, 3960 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5749 people in 6462 places until today.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Monday 28th of April 1924 102 years, 2 months and 2 days ago |
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 119 Die in Wheeling Steel Corporation mine methane gas explosion in Benwood, West Virginia, United States. The majority of the victims were European immigrants of the early 20th Century from Poland, Italy, Greece, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia, England, Wales and Scotland. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benwood_Mine_Disaster |
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