Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 15 May 1993

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

All 43 passengers and crew aboard the plane died. Burke's main target was his ex-manager Ray Thomson. After boarding the plane Burke wrote a message on an airsickness bag reading: "Hi Ray. I think it's sort of ironical that we end up like this. I asked for some leniency for my family. Remember? Well, I got none and you'll get none."
(7 December 1987)

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

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

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 15th of May 1993 33 years, 0 months and 17 days ago
Mass murderer Érick Schmitt aka Human Bomb is shot dead by a special 'Recherche, Assistance, Intervention, Dissuasion' police commando at the age of 42 in , . Schmitt had been keeping a class of young children hostage for 46 hours, dynamite wired around his body.