Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 24 August 1981

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

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.
(13 May 1985)

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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 (x) Monday 24th of August 1981 43 years ago
26-year-old murderer Mark David Chapman aka The Man Who Shot John Lennon is sentenced to 20-years-to-life in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.