Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States || Holloman Air Force Base

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The ship was en route from Ziguinchor to Dakar when it ran into a violent storm farther out to sea than it was licensed to sail. The estimated 2000 passengers aboard would have amounted to at least three times the ship's design capacity. The large numbers sleeping on-deck added further instability. Only 64 passengers survived.
(26 September 2002)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

There are 3378 births, 3945 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2083 other events about 5735 people in 6444 places until today.

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Holloman Air Force Base

Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States.

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Thursday 20th of September 1951 (x) — Monkey astronaut Yorick along with 11 mouse crewmates becoms the first animal to survive a flight in an Aerobee rocket.
Yorick died 2 hours after landing. Two of the mice also died after recovery. All of the deaths were thought to be related to stress from overheating in the sealed capsule in the New Mexico sun while awaiting the recovery team.