Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 19 November 1971

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"I felt attached to Ishida's penis and thought that only after taking leave from it quietly could I then die. I unwrapped the paper holding them and gazed at his penis and scrotum. I put his penis in my mouth and even tried to insert it inside me... It didn't work however though I kept trying and trying." After her arrest, Ishida's penis and testicles were moved to Tokyo University Medical School's pathology museum. They were put on public display not long after the end of World War II, but they have since disappeared.
(20 May 1936)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 19th of November 1971 53 years ago He Hoped to Have Some Good Photos
25-year-old performance and installation artist Chris Burden performs 'Shoot' in F Space, 1514 E Edinger Avenue, Santa Ana, California, United States. "I will be shot with a rifle at 7:45 p.m." Burden wrote to the editors of the avant-garde publication Avalanche of his landmark performance piece. “I hope to have some good photos.”