Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 1 March 1983

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

Nitsch' 34. Aktion lasted two hours. The 'exhibition,' as it was also dubbed, was observed at first by about 300 students, but after the actual work on the carcass began, the number dwindled to barely half that figure. During the show, several students became ill. Some of the girls in the crowd were sobbing.
(16 October 1970)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 1st of March 1983 41 years ago
Journalist and writer Arthur Koestler born as Kösztler Artúr commits suicide by an overdose of Tuinal barbiturates taken with alcohol at the age of 78 in 8 Montpelier Square, Kensington, London, Greater London, United States. Koestler's 55-year-old wife Cynthia Jefferies joined him in death.