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An approaching train did not stop and struck the protesting veterans. Willson was hit and lost both legs below the knee while suffering a severe skull fracture with loss of his right frontal lobe.
(1 September 1987)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

There are 3361 births, 3912 deaths, 1121 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5714 people in 6416 places until today.

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

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Empire State Building

350 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.

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Friday 1st of May 1931 (x) — The Empire State Building is officially opened by 31st President of the United States Herbert Hoover
Actually President Herbert Hoover turned on the building's lights with the push of a button from Washington, D.C.
Saturday 28th of July 1945 (-) — Lieutenant-colonel and pilot William Smith crashes the Old John Feather Merchant US B-25 Mitchell bomber into 78th and 80th floors
Fourteen people were killed: Smith, Staff Sergeant Christopher Domitrovich and Navy Aviation Machinist's Mate Albert Perna and eleven people in the building. Elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver was injured when the cables supporting her elevator sheared and the elevator fell 75 stories, ending up in the basement. Oliver survived the fall and rescuers found her amongst the rubble. This still stands as the Guinness World Record for the longest survived elevator fall.