Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, England || Toyota Island

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The ship was en route from Ziguinchor to Dakar when it ran into a violent storm farther out to sea than it was licensed to sail. The estimated 2000 passengers aboard would have amounted to at least three times the ship's design capacity. The large numbers sleeping on-deck added further instability. Only 64 passengers survived.
(26 September 2002)

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

There are 3359 births, 3911 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.

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Toyota Island

Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, United Kingdom.

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