Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 30 August 1939

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

Some reports say that Dior died of a heart attack after choking on a fish bone. Time's obituary stated that he died of a heart attack after playing a game of cards. However, the Paris socialite Baron de Redé wrote in his memoirs that contemporary rumor was that Dior's heart attack had been caused by a strenuous sexual encounter with two young men.
(24 October 1957)

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

There are 3359 births, 3911 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (+) Wednesday 30th of August 1939 85 years ago
Disc jockey, radio presenter and journalist John Peel is born as John Robert Parker Ravenscroft in Heswall Cottage Hospital, Heswall, Merseyside, United Kingdom.