Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Detroit, Michigan, United States || Grace Hospital Room #401

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

The explosion was caused by a faulty weld on a 65–76 "Kit" practice torpedo, leading to an explosion of high-test peroxide and secondary detonation of 5 to 7 torpedo warheads.
(12 August 2000)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1989

There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.

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

Like BFD on Facebook
Follow BFD on Tumblr
Like DDV on Facebook
Follow DDV on Twitter

Get a daily BFD list in your mailbox.

Grace Hospital Room #401

Detroit, Michigan, United States.

Related events:

Sunday 31st of October 1926 (-) — Illusionist, magician and escapologist Harry Houdini dies of peritonitis from a ruptured appendix.
Eyewitnesses to an incident at Houdini's dressing room in the Princess Theatre in Montreal gave rise to speculation that Houdini's death was caused by McGill University student Joselyn Gordon Whitehead who delivered a surprise attack of multiple blows to Houdini's abdomen.