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

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

Bethea's last meal request was for fried chicken, pork chops, mashed potatoes, pickled cucumbers, cornbread, lemon pie, and ice cream. A crowd of 20.000 people gathered to watch the execution with thousands coming from out of town.
(14 August 1936)

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

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