Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 17 August 1916

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 17th of August 1916 110 years, 4 months and 26 days ago
Artist Umberto Boccioni dies of multiple injuries at the age of 34 in Verona, Veneto, Italy. The day before Boccioni was thrown off his horse during a cavalry training and trampled.