Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Besançon, Franche-Comté, France

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

Amer was approached by high-ranking Egyptian officers and was given a choice to stand trial for treason, which would inevitably have ended with his conviction and execution, or die an honourable death by taking poison. Amer chose the latter option and received a full military burial.
(13 September 1967)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

There are 3377 births, 3944 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2083 other events about 5734 people in 6443 places until today.

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Besançon, Franche-Comté, France.

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