Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
Fuchs was found hanged with the cable of his electric razor. How exactly a man without hands and under almost constant video surveillance could accomplish the manipulations required to convert an electric cable into a noose sufficiently robust for successful self-hanging was never properly explained.
(26 February 2000)
There are 3381 births, 3949 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2084 other events about 5737 people in 6449 places until today.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Monday 3rd of January 1944 82 years, 0 months and 8 days ago |
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Over 500 Die in Galicia mail express, a shunting engine and a coal train collision and fire in Tunnel Nº 20, Torre del Bierzo, León, Spain. Although the official death toll was 78 and at the time it was estimated to be 200–250, more recent studies have estimated the death toll at over 500. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_del_Bierzo_rail_disaster |
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