Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 9 January 1923

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

The entire United States Figure Skating team, on its way to the 1961 World Championships in Prague, was killed in the crash. Farmer Theo De Laet working in the fields was killed by a piece of aluminum debris from the plane, and and his friend Marcel Lauwers' leg was severed by flying debris.
(15 February 1961)

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There are 3361 births, 3912 deaths, 1121 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5714 people in 6416 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 9th of January 1923 101 years ago
Murderer Frederick Edward Francis Bywaters is executed by hanging at the age of 21 in HM Prison Pentonville, Caledonian Road, Islington, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. On 3 October 1922 he stabbed his lover Edith Thompson's husband Percy Thompson to death.