Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area, Vietnam || Phan Đình Phùng Boulevard and Lê Văn Duyệt Street intersection

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

Nearly 400 people had packed an opera house to watch or perform in a play called 'The Scottish Reformation'. The fire wiped out about 10 percent of the town population.
(13 January 1908)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

There are 3366 births, 3927 deaths, 1121 murders, 497 disasters and 2076 other events about 5724 people in 6428 places until today.

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Phan Đình Phùng Boulevard and Lê Văn Duyệt Street intersection, Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area, Vietnam.

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Tuesday 11th of June 1963 (-) — Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức commits suicide by self-immolation
Đức's act was a protest against against the persecution of Buddhists by South Vietnam's Ngô Đình Diệm administration. "Before closing my eyes and moving towards the vision of the Buddha, I respectfully plead to President Ngô Đình Diệm to take a mind of compassion towards the people of the nation and implement religious equality to maintain the strength of the homeland eternally."