Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 7 July 1961

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King Leopold was driving their Packard One-Twenty convertible and Queen Astrid looking at a map. As the Queen pointed out something to her husband the car went off the road down a steep slope and slammed into a pear tree. Queen Astrid had opened her door to try to get out but she was thrown out upon impact. Her body collided with the trunk of the tree while the car slammed into a second tree. King Leopold was thrown out of the car as well but he was only lightly injured.
(29 August 1935)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 7th of July 1961 65 years, 5 months and 24 days ago
108 Die in coal mine fire in Důl Dukla, Dolní Suchá, Moravia, Czechoslovakia. The fire was triggered by a miner who accidentally started a conveyor belt and did not notice it. The conveyor belt was working idle and eventually due to friction the rubber band of it caught fire.