Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 24 August 1929

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

The package was originally sent to Fischer at Pennsylvania State University but was later forwarded. The bomb consisted of smokeless powder and a large number of match heads. The package has a false return address, stating it came from LeRoy Bearnson, a professor of electrical engineering at Utah’s Brigham Young University.
(5 May 1982)

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There are 3359 births, 3910 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2071 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (+) Saturday 24th of August 1929 95 years ago
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is born as Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa in Caïro, Al Qahirah, Egypt.