Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 7 July 1961

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

I made a metal mask which was fixed to my head. While Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven read a text about willpower, I pulled myself forward with the mask by a rope. The sound of my breathing was electronically amplified through a throat-microphone.
(16 March 1987)

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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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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 7th of July 1961 65 years, 2 months and 9 days ago
108 Die in coal mine fire in Důl Dukla, Dolní Suchá, Moravia, Czechoslovakia. The fire was triggered by a miner who accidentally started a conveyor belt and did not notice it. The conveyor belt was working idle and eventually due to friction the rubber band of it caught fire.