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

The troopers opened fire non-stop for two minutes into the smoke. By the time the facility was retaken, nine hostages and 29 inmates had been killed.
(13 September 1971)

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

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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Cave of the Patriarchs

Hebron, West Bank, Palestine.

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Friday 25th of February 1994 (-) — Religious extremist and mass murderer Baruch Goldstein is beaten to death with a fire extinguisher by survivors of his massacre.
Goldstein threw a grenade into the Hall of Isaac where some 800 Muslims were at prayer. Then he opened fire with an IMI Galil assault rifle killing 29 people and wounding another 125. As word of the incident spread throughout the occupied territories, confrontations broke out in which a further 20 Palestinians were killed and 120 injured. In the first 6 days following the massacre 21 Palestinians were killed by live ammunition.