Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 17 March 1938

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Inside, the space was lit by 100 burning candles. Through the window you could see the tied up bodies of me and Frank De Busscher, a pointed wooden stick placed between their bodies and the door. It took four hours, until all the candles were burned up. Johan Desmet made music with tapes and found footage sounds.
(28 December 1979)

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BirthFactDeath (+) Thursday 17th of March 1938 88 years, 2 months and 22 days ago
Ballet dancer and choreographer Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev is born in Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Nureyev was born on a Trans-Siberian train while his mother was travelling to Vladivostok where his father was stationed in the Red Army.