Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Pyongyang, P'yŏngan, North Korea

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

The driver stopped the train near the summit of the hill to inspect and adjust the braking system and climbed back into the cab. When he started the train the brakes totally failed, causing the train to roll with great velocity straight back down the hill, crashing after passing two stations into a slow moving goods train.
(24 June 2002)

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

There are 3385 births, 3950 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2085 other events about 5737 people in 6452 places until today.

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

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Pyongyang, P'yŏngan, North Korea.

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Saturday 8th of January 1983 (+) — Supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Jong-un Kim is born.
Friday 8th of July 1994 (-) — First Supreme Leader of North Korea Il-sung Kim dies of a heart attack.
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Saturday 17th of December 2011 (-) — Second Supreme Leader of North Korea Jong-il Kim dies of a heart attack.
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