Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 November 1908

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

Purdy fired 106 rounds with a Norinco Type 56 AK-47 semi-automatic rifle in three minutes killing five predominantly Southeast Asian refugee schoolchildren and wounding 32 others before turning a Taurus PT92 pistol on himself. The victims were 9-year-old Rathanar Or, 8-year-old Ram Chun, 6-year-old Sokhim An, 8-year-old Oeun Lim and 6-year-old Thuy Tran.
(17 January 1989)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1989

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 (-) Sunday 8th of November 1908 118 years, 5 months and 7 days ago
Playwright Victorien Sardou dies of pulmonary congestion at the age of 77 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.