Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 4 July 1934

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

171 more were injured in what was to be 'The Great Train Wreck of 1918'. The cause of the accident was due to serious errors by the crew of train No. 4 and tower operators, all of whom failed to properly account for the presence of the train No. 1 on the line.
(9 July 1918)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 4th of July 1934 92 years, 11 months and 5 days ago
Physicist and chemist Marie Curie born as Maria Salomea Skłodowska dies of aplastic anemia at the age of 67 in Sancellemoz Sanatorium, Passy, Haute-Savoie, France. Although Curie's many decades of exposure to radiation caused chronic illnesses, including near-blindness due to cataracts and ultimately her death, she never really acknowledged the health risks of radiation exposure.