49-year-old driver Pierre Levegh struck a protective dirt berm at 200 km/h, disintegrating and igniting his car, throwing him onto the track where he was instantly killed and sending large pieces of flaming debris including the engine block and hood cartwheeling over the berm and into the packed grandstand. The momentum of the heaviest components of the car – the engine, radiator and front suspension – hurtled straight on into the crowd for almost 100 metres, crushing all in their path. The bonnet lid scythed through the air, decapitating tightly jammed spectators like a guillotine. (11 June 1955)
There are 3381 births, 3950 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2084 other events about 5737 people in 6450 places until today.
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Tuesday 10th of July 1866 (+) — Surgeon and grafting pioneer Serge Voronoff is born. Voronoff's actual birth date is unknown, 10 July 1866 is the date of his circumcision in a synagogue.