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

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Van Gogh was given the name of his grandfather and of a brother stillborn exactly a year before his birth.
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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 17th of August 1916 109 years 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.