Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Pustomazovo, Tver Oblast, Russia

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

Merrick began to develop swellings on his lips at the age of 21 months followed by a bony lump on his forehead and a loosening and roughening of the skin. The Merrick family explained his symptoms as the result of his mother Mary Jane Potterton being knocked over and frightened by a fairground elephant while she was pregnant with Joseph.
(5 August 1860)

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

There are 3385 births, 3950 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2085 other events about 5737 people in 6452 places until today.

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Pustomazovo, Tver Oblast, Russia.

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