Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 12 August 1827

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After 5 minutes into the flight a bomb placed near the fuel tank exploded at 13,000 feet. Pablo Escobar of the Medellín drug cartel planned the bombing, hoping it would kill presidential candidate for the 1990 elections César Gaviria Trujillo. However Gaviria was not on the plane and would go on to become President of Colombia.
(27 November 1989)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

There are 3391 births, 3955 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5744 people in 6459 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 12th of August 1827 199 years, 8 months and 28 days ago
Poet and painter William Blake dies of gallstones at the age of 70 in Fountain Court, Strand, Soho, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.