Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 13 May 1985

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

On a busy square in the city I laid out about 1000 lumps of sugar in a square. Next to it I wrote “Candy for you”.
(19 July 1979)

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

There are 3346 births, 3884 deaths, 1122 murders, 492 disasters and 2018 other events about 5697 people in 6343 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 13th of May 1985 39 years ago He Didn't Move Anymore
Founder of MOVE black liberation group John Africa born as Vincent Leaphart is fatally shot during an armed standoff with the Philadelphia Police Department at the age of 54 in 6221 Osage Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, . Africa was killed along with five other adults and five children when the Philadelphia Police Department head of bomb disposal dropped a satchel containing a gel-based explosive from a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter on a fortified bunker occupied by members of MOVE. The resulting explosion started a fire that resulted in the destruction of 65 homes in the neighborhood.