Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 30 August 1974

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

While pilgrims were traveling to perform the Stoning of the Devil ritual at 10am that morning, the disaster started when a pedestrian bridge railing was bent, causing seven people to fall off a bridge and onto people exiting the tunnel. The tunnel's capacity of 1000 soon filled with up to 5000 people.
(2 July 1990)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

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 (x) Friday 30th of August 1974 50 Years Ago
153 Die in Belgrade-Dortmund Express derailment in Zagreb Glavni Kolodvor, Zagreb, Zagrebačka županija, Croatia. An investigation into the accident showed that the train at several sites exceeded the speed limit by nearly 70 km/h. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagreb_train_disaster