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

United Airlines Flight 93 departed Newark International Airport in New Jersey at 8:42 a.m. en route to San Francisco International Airport with a crew of seven and 37 passengers, not including four hijackers. The hijacking began at 09:28. A passenger revolt began at 09:57 after the passengers voted on whether to act. At 10:03 the plane crashed into a field near a reclaimed coal strip mine. The three other hijackers were 20-year-old Ahmed al-Haznawi, 24-year-old Ahmed al-Nami and 21-year-old Saeed al-Ghamdi.
(11 September 2001)

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

There are 3362 births, 3913 deaths, 1121 murders, 494 disasters and 2074 other events about 5715 people in 6417 places until today.

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

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Port Said, Port Said, Egypt.

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Monday 25th of April 1859 (x) — British and French engineers start digging the Suez Canal
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