Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States || 6221 Osage Avenue

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

The time it took the aircraft to dive from cruise altitude to the river was less than one minute. The plane was traveling faster than the speed of sound for a few seconds before impact. Due to the high speed the entire aircraft and passengers disintegrated upon impact.
(19 December 1997)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1987

There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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6221 Osage Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, .

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Monday 13th of May 1985 (-) — Founder of MOVE black liberation group John Africa is fatally shot during an armed standoff with the Philadelphia Police Department.
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.