Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 4 May 1907

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

I made a metal mask which was fixed to my head. While Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven read a text about willpower, I pulled myself forward with the mask by a rope. The sound of my breathing was electronically amplified through a throat-microphone.
(16 March 1987)

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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 (x) Saturday 4th of May 1907 119 years, 8 months and 6 days ago
33-year-old serial killer Jeanne Weber, originally Jeanne Moulinet aka l’Ogresse de la Goutte d’Or is arrested on suspicion of killing 9-year-old Auguste Bavouzet in Villedieu-sur-Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Weber was released in December after a second autopsy blamed the boy's death on typhoid.