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

The entire United States Figure Skating team, on its way to the 1961 World Championships in Prague, was killed in the crash. Farmer Theo De Laet working in the fields was killed by a piece of aluminum debris from the plane, and and his friend Marcel Lauwers' leg was severed by flying debris.
(15 February 1961)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

There are 3395 births, 3960 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5749 people in 6462 places until today.

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

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Champ-de-Mars

Rennes, Bretagne, France.

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Thursday 26th of February 1852 (-) — Serial poisoner Hélène Jégado is executed by the Guillotine.
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