Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Chicago, Illinois, United States || Haymarket Square

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

The plane crashed on to the embankment of the M1 motorway in an attempt to make an emergency landing. Of the 126 people aboard, 47 died and 74 sustained serious injuries.
(8 January 1989)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

There are 3391 births, 3955 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5744 people in 6459 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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Haymarket Square

Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Monday 6th of October 1969 (x) — The Haymarket Memorial statue is bombed by Radical left organisation the Weather Underground .
The blast broke nearly 100 windows in the neighborhood and scattered pieces of the statue onto the Kennedy Expressway below. The statue was rebuilt and unveiled on 4 May 1970.
Tuesday 6th of October 1970 (x) — The Haymarket Memorial statue is bombed once more by Radical left organisation the Weather Underground .
The statue was rebuilt again and Mayor Richard J. Daley posted a 24‑hour police guard at the statue. This guard cost $67.440 per year. In 1972 it was moved to the lobby of the Central Police Headquarters and in 1976 to the enclosed courtyard of the Chicago police academy.