Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 6 November 1893

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 1988

There are 3385 births, 3950 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2085 other events about 5737 people in 6452 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 6th of November 1893 133 years, 2 months and 29 days ago
Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky dies of cholera at the age of 53 in St. Petersburg, Northwestern Federal District, Russia. While Tchaikovsky's death has traditionally been attributed to cholera, most probably contracted through drinking contaminated water several days earlier from the local river, some have theorized that his death was a suicide.