Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 21 November 1997

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All 43 passengers and crew aboard the plane died. Burke's main target was his ex-manager Ray Thomson. After boarding the plane Burke wrote a message on an airsickness bag reading: "Hi Ray. I think it's sort of ironical that we end up like this. I asked for some leniency for my family. Remember? Well, I got none and you'll get none."
(7 December 1987)

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

There are 3347 births, 3887 deaths, 1122 murders, 492 disasters and 2023 other events about 5697 people in 6344 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 21st of November 1997 27 years ago He Had a Second Coming
The painting 'Cathedra' by 92-year-old artist Barnett Newman is attacked with a knife by 44-year-old artist Gerard Jan van Bladeren in Stedelijk Museum, Museumplein 10, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. 11 Years earlier van Bladeren also attacked Newman's 'Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue IV' with a knife in the same museum.