Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area, Vietnam || Tan Son Nhut Air Base

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 1985

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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Tan Son Nhut Air Base

Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area, Vietnam.

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