Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 4 October 1980

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

The celebration attracted 750.000 to 1.000.000 people, and ineffective crowd control meant the bridge became congested with roughly 300.000 people, causing the center span of the bridge to flatten out under the weight.
(24 May 1987)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1989

There are 3362 births, 3913 deaths, 1121 murders, 494 disasters and 2074 other events about 5715 people in 6417 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 4th of October 1980 44 years ago
SS-Obersturmbannführer Ernst Boje Ehlers aka der Endlöser von Belgien commits suicide by electrocution at the age of 71 in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Ehlers was supposed to go on trial for complicity in murder and his role in deporting thousands of Jews to Nazi death camps on 26 November.