Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 3 January 1892

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

Africa was killed along with five other adults and five children when the Philadelphia Police Department head of bomb disposal dropped a satchel containing a gel-based explosive from a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter on a fortified bunker occupied by members of MOVE. The resulting explosion started a fire that resulted in the destruction of 65 homes in the neighborhood.
(13 May 1985)

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

There are 3393 births, 3958 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5747 people in 6459 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (+) Sunday 3rd of January 1892 134 years, 4 months and 27 days ago
Writer, poet, philologist and university professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is born in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa.