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

The blaze was started when a pyrotechnic flare was set off during a concert by the rock group 'Callejeros', and ignited foam in the ceiling. Four of the six doors had been wired shut to keep out "people who would not enter without paying".
(30 December 2004)

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

There are 3359 births, 3910 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2069 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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Whirlpool Rapids

Niagara Falls, New York, United States.

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Tuesday 24th of July 1883 (-) — Swimmer Matthew Webb dies in a dangerous swim through in the Niagara River
Accounts of the time indicate that in all likelihood Webb successfully survived the first part of the swim but died in the section of the river located near the entrance to the whirlpool.