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

Guiteau notoriously danced his way to the gallows and shook hands with his executioner. On the scaffold, as a last request, he recited a poem called "I am Going to the Lordy" which he had written during his incarceration. He had originally requested an orchestra to play as he sang his poem but this request was denied.
(30 June 1882)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

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

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Mesa Redonda

Lima, Lima Metropolitana, Peru.

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