Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Corsier-sur-Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland || Cemetary

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

The plane crashed into the bay shortly after the pilot reported "fire on board". A passenger named Zhang Pilin apparently set fire to the passenger cabin with gasoline, causing the loss of control and crash. Zhang had purchased seven air insurance policies worth a total of 1.400.000 renminbi prior to boarding the flight.
(17 April 2002)

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

There are 3377 births, 3944 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2079 other events about 5733 people in 6441 places until today.

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Corsier-sur-Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland.

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Thursday 2nd of March 1978 (x) — The coffin of Actor and film director Charles Chaplin is stolen from the cemetary.
In May 1978 24-year-old Roman Wardas from Poland and 38-year-old Gancho Ganev from Bulgaria demanded a ransom of $600.000 in return for the coffin. Oona Chaplin refused to deal with them saying "My husband is in heaven and in my heart". The thieves were arrested and the coffin was found buried in a nearby cornfield.