Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 1 November 1986

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

On the same day Purrington killed his wife Elizabeth, and seven of his eight children; 19-year-old Polly, 15-year-old Martha, 12-year-old Benjamin, 10-year-old Anna, 8-year-old Nathaniel, 6-year-old Nathan and 2-year-old Louisa. The Sunday before his death he wrote to his brother that on the reception of the letter he should be dead and requesting him to take charge of his family.
(8 July 1806)

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

There are 3384 births, 3950 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2084 other events about 5737 people in 6452 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Saturday 1st of November 1986 40 years, 9 months and 2 days ago
When their 61-year-old cult leader of the Church of the Friends Kiyoharo Miyamoto dies of a liver-disease his seven ‘Brides of God’ commit suicide by self-immolation on the beach in Wakayama, Honshu Island, Japan.