Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 17 September 1925

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

‘Mexico’ was a small part of a botanic garden, planted with cactuses, surrounded by water. I tried to crawl through a plastic tube through the water, but the pressure of the water was too heavy and it didn’t work.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Thursday 17th of September 1925 99 years ago
18-year-old painter Frida Kahlo, originally Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón is involved in a bus accident in Mercado de San Juan, Mexico City, , Mexico. Kahlo is discovered with a metal pole protruding from her body and suffered a broken spinal column, a broken collarbone, a fractured pelvis, 2 broken ribs, 11 fractures in her right leg and a dislocated and crushed right foot.