Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
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)
There are 3381 births, 3949 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2084 other events about 5737 people in 6449 places until today.
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BirthFactDeath (+) Tuesday 24th of April 1787 239 years, 8 months and 18 days ago |
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 Chemist Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila is born as Mateu Josep Bonaventura Orfila i Rotger in Mahón, Menorca, Spain. |
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