Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 31 August 2005

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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)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 31st of August 2005 19 Years Ago There Was no Man with a Suicide Belt
953 Die in stampede in Jisr al-'Ā'immah, Baġdād, Muḥāfaẓät Baġdād, Iraq. Rumours of an imminent suicide bomb attack broke out, panicking many pilgrims. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Al-Aaimmah_bridge_stampede