Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 9 September 1987

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

I repeated the text “The Lips of Osiris Ani, Triumphant, are the Lips of Anpu” with my head immersed in water. The sound was amplified by a hydrophone. AMVK read passages from the Egyptian Book of the Dead. The sound was amplified by a microphone. Behind us a film was projected with images of mouths of humans and beaks of animals.
(11 October 1985)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

There are 3347 births, 3884 deaths, 1122 murders, 492 disasters and 2018 other events about 5697 people in 6343 places until today.

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Wednesday 9th of September 1987

37 years ago

Businessman Gerrit Jan Heijn is kidnapped and shot dead by kidnapper and murderer Ferdi Elsas at the age of 56 in Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Elsas kept a part of Heijn's finger and his glasses and demanded 7,7 million Gulden ransom. The money was delivered on 27 November. Elsas was arrested on 6 april 1988 because he kept spending marked banknotes in the same shops.