Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 17 December 2004

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

Food was often placed near MacSwiney to persuade him to give up the hunger-strike. Attempts at force-feeding MacSwiney were undertaken in the final days of his strike. On 20 October he fell into a coma. His body lay in St George's Cathedral where 30.000 people filed past it.
(25 October 1920)

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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 (-) Friday 17th of December 2004 22 years, 1 months and 13 days ago
Pop artist Tom Wesselmann dies of complications after heart surgery at the age of 73 in University Medical Center, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.