Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

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

The 4.310-ton French vessel was carrying 76 tons of Belgian munitions from the port of Antwerpen. Thirty minutes after the first explosion, while hundreds of people were involved in a FAR-organized operation to rescue victims and secure the ship, a second even more powerful explosion occurred, resulting in many further fatalities. At the time of the explosion, Che Guevara was in a meeting in the INRA building nearby. The explosion is often attributed to the CIA who wished to overthrow the new government of Fidel Castro.
(4 March 1960)

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

There are 3361 births, 3912 deaths, 1121 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5714 people in 6416 places until today.

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

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Falun, Dalarna, Sweden.

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Sunday 8th of March 1970 (+) — Spree killer Mattias Flink is born
Saturday 11th of June 1994 (x) — Spree killer Mattias Flink shoots and kills seven people with his AK 5 assault rifle and 150 rounds of 5.56×45mm NATO caliber ammunition
The dead were 22-year-old Karin Alkstål, 20-year-old Therese Danielsson, 21-year-old Helle Jürgensen, 29-year-old Lena Mårdner-Nilsson, 22-year-old Jenny Österman, 35-year-old Maths Bragstedt and 26-year-old Johan Tollsten. Six victims were members of the Women's Auxiliary Services.