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

The fire started when the band Gurizada Fandangueira ignited fireworks during their show. The high death toll was due to the lack of emergency exits (the only access in and out of the building was the front door) and the fact that the number of people inside exceeded the maximum capacity by hundreds.
(27 January 2013)

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

There are 3359 births, 3911 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.

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

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Geldenaakse Vest, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium.

Related events:

Monday 3rd of May 1982 (x) — Serial killer Michel Bellen is released after serving 17 years of a life sentence
Six months later Bellen strangled a woman in Leuven.
Saturday 1st of May 1982 (x) — Mass murderer Freddy Horion escapes with cellmate Albertus Hartman from prison
Horion was captured in Haarlem, Netherlands on 9 June.
Saturday 12th of May 1984 (x) — Serial killer Michel Bellen has his second death-sentence commuted to life-imprisonment