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

Corder's body was taken back to the courtroom at Shire Hall where it was slit open along the abdomen to expose the muscles, over 5,000 people queued to see it. Corder's skin was tanned by surgeon George Creed and used to bind an account of the murder.
(11 August 1828)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

There are 3386 births, 3952 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2085 other events about 5739 people in 6452 places until today.

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Rue des Écoles, Ve, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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