Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 31 March 1986

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

Food was often placed near MacSwiney to persuade him to give up the hunger-strike. Attempts at force-feeding MacSwiney were undertaken in the final days of his strike. On 20 October he fell into a coma. His body lay in St George's Cathedral where 30.000 people filed past it.
(25 October 1920)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

There are 3393 births, 3958 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5747 people in 6459 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Monday 31st of March 1986 40 years, 10 months and 0 days ago
167 Die in Mexicana Boeing 727–264 Flight 940 crash into a mountain in El Carbón, Michoacán, Sierra Madre, Mexico. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexicana_Flight_940