Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 10 March 1967

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Between 17.00 and 18.00hrs on I stood on the edge of the top balcony ramp of the house on Ernest Van Dijckkaai N°8 in Antwerp dressed in a shiny red cape rubber boots blindfolded and with my ‘Diggin’ for Gordon’ shovel like a rifle in my hands. While I counted from 1 till 1978 Sofie Pepermans read a cutup text about this piece. The performance had - apart from casual passers-by below - one viewer: Mauro Pawlowski.
(13 April 2007)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 10th of March 1967 59 years, 1 months and 5 days ago
21-year-old Maria de Sepulveda gives birth to 4 boys and 4 girls, who all die within 14 hours in Mexico City, , Mexico. It was the first confirmed birth of octuplets worldwide.