Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Chippenham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom || Rowden Hill

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

The bomb exploded killing eight people and injuring 57, but Hitler had cut short his speech and had already left.
(8 November 1939)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

There are 3359 births, 3911 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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Rowden Hill

Chippenham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.

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Sunday 17th of April 1960 (-) — Singer-songwriter and musician Eddie Cochran dies of severe head injuries suffered in a car crash the day before
Cochran was involved in a traffic accident in a Ford Consul taxi taking him to the airport. The speeding taxi blew a tire, the driver lost control and the vehicle crashed into a lamppost. No other car was involved. Cochran threw himself over his fiancée Sharon Sheeley to shield her and was thrown out of the car when the door flew open. Taxi driver George Martin was convicted of dangerous driving, fined £50, disqualified from driving for 15 years, and sent to prison for six months.