Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Pompeii, Campania, Italy || Mount Vesuvius

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

His final meal request was of steak, asparagus, Brussels sprouts, feta cheese, a soft drink, cake and watermelon. Newton weighed 265 pounds and his veins were very difficult to locate. It took over two hours and 10 attempts before the execution was completed. It took so long that Newton was given a bathroom break.
(24 May 2007)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1987

There are 3393 births, 3959 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5748 people in 6460 places until today.

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Mount Vesuvius

Pompeii, Campania, Italy.

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Thursday 24th of August 0079 (x) — Eruption of the volcano.
Mount Vesuvius violently spewed forth a deadly cloud of super-heated tephra and gases to a height of 33 km, ejecting molten rock, pulverized pumice and hot ash at 1.5 million tons per second. The remains of over 1.500 people have so far been found. The total number of fatalities remains unknown.