Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 August 1981

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

The bomb was not addressed to anyone so it sat for a while in the mail room. It was eventually partially opened by mail room employees who discovered the enclosed device. The bomb did not explode.
(13 June 1985)

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

There are 3355 births, 3907 deaths, 1122 murders, 493 disasters and 2055 other events about 5710 people in 6403 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 8th of August 1981 43 years ago
Irish republican hunger striker Thomas McElwee born as Tomas Mac Giolla Bhuidhe dies after 62 days of hungerstriking at the age of 24 in Maze Prison, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. McElwee was the ninth to die in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike.