Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Marion County, Indiana, United States

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

The fire was triggered by a miner who accidentally started a conveyor belt and did not notice it. The conveyor belt was working idle and eventually due to friction the rubber band of it caught fire.
(7 July 1961)

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

There are 3377 births, 3944 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2083 other events about 5734 people in 6443 places until today.

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

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Marion County, Indiana, United States.

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Tuesday 24th of March 1936 (-) — Cop killer George Barret is executed by hanging.
He was the first person sentenced to death by hanging under a congressional act that made it a capital offense to kill a federal agent. At the time of his execution he was still crippled from his wounds and had to be carried to the gallows on a stretcher and supported by deputy marshals.