Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 3 March 1983

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

Thurmond and Holmes had kidnapped and killed Brooke Hart on 9 November but continued to send ransom notes to his family, owners of Harts Department Store. Governor James 'Sunny Jim' Rolph praised the action, stating that California had sent a message to future kidnappers and promised to pardon anyone involved in the lynching.
(26 November 1933)

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 (-) Thursday 3rd of March 1983 43 years, 10 months and 3 days ago
Cartoonist Georges Prosper Remi aka Hergé dies of myelofibrosis at the age of 76 in Universitair Ziekenhuis Saint-Luc, Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium. Hergé's death was ultimately hastened by the HIV he had acquired during his weekly blood transfusions.