Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
In his will Brecht provided instructions that a stiletto be placed in his heart and that he be buried in a steel coffin so that his corpse could not be eaten by worms.
(14 August 1956)
There are 3362 births, 3912 deaths, 1121 murders, 494 disasters and 2074 other events about 5715 people in 6417 places until today.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Monday 25th of April 1859 165 years ago |
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 British and French engineers start digging the Suez Canal in Port Said, Port Said, Egypt. The excavation took some 10 years using forced labour of Egyptian workers during the first years. The inauguration of the Suez Canal was on 17 November 1869. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal |
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