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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 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.

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California Medical Facility

Vaccaville, California, United States.

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Thursday 6th of December 1973 (x) — Serial killer Juan Corona is stabbed 32 times in his cell for bumping into a fellow inmate.
Corona's left eye was removed in surgery.
Sunday 11th of November 1973 (x) — Serial killer Edmund Kemper is sentenced to 8 life-sentences to be served in.
Tuesday 25th of September 1984 (x) — Family leader Charles Manson is doused with paint thinner and set on fire by inmate Jan Holstrom in the hobby shop.
Manson suffered second-and third-degree burns over 18% of his body, mostly his head and hands.