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

Borel first shot his stepfather Yves Bichet, his 11-year-old half-brother Jean-Yves Bichet. Then he went to the neighbouring village of Cuers and shot dead 12 people with a .22 rifle.
(24 September 1995)

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

There are 3392 births, 3956 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5745 people in 6459 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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Matteawan Hospital for the Criminally Insane

Beacon, New York, United States.

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