Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Benedict Canyon, California, United States

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

The fire ignited as a result of a faulty liquid propane gas cylinder in a ground floor buffet of the hotel. 17-year-old kitchen helper Khayan Kasien had identified a faulty valve assembly on gas cylinder in a ground-floor buffet, while attempting to shut off the valve, he inadvertently increased the flow of gas and caused an explosion.
(11 July 1997)

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

There are 3393 births, 3960 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5748 people in 6461 places until today.

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Benedict Canyon, California, United States.

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Monday 26th of September 1983 (-) — Mystery writer Muriel Davidson is shot dead by 51-year-old alcoholic Robert Thom.
Davidson met Thom at a hospital where she counseled alcoholics once a week. A police report called the two quite close. A county probation officer said that just prior to her murder Davidson had tried to sever her sporadic sexual relationship with Thom. Thom pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and was given a sentence of 17 years to life.