Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 April 1961

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

George V's physician Lord Dawson of Penn hastened the King's death by injecting him with two consecutive lethal injections: 3/4 gr. morphine followed by 1 gr. cocaine shortly afterwards. The King's last mumbled words "God damn you!" were addressed to his nurse Catherine Black when she gave him a sedative.
(20 January 1936)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

There are 3395 births, 3960 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5749 people in 6462 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Saturday 8th of April 1961 65 years, 9 months and 8 days ago
238 Die in MV Dara passenger liner explosion in the Persian Gulf. The explosion was probably caused by a deliberately placed explosive device planted by an Omani rebel group or individual insurgents. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Dara