Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 24 January 1989

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

During Romero's funeral ceremony smoke bombs exploded on the streets near the cathedral and subsequently there were rifle shots that came from surrounding buildings. Many people were killed by gunfire and in the stampede of people running away from the explosions and gunfire; official sources reported 31 overall casualties while journalists recorded that between 30 and 50 died.
(24 March 1980)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

There are 3347 births, 3884 deaths, 1122 murders, 492 disasters and 2018 other events about 5697 people in 6343 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Tuesday 24th of January 1989 35 years ago
Raphael’s ‘La Madonna di Foligno’ is attacked with a fire-bomb by 31-year-old art vandal Thomas Lange in Musei Vaticani, Rome, Lazio, Italy. Lange was a mentally disturbed wheelchair patient.