Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 5 September 1980

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

After Maurice was born to Suzanne Valadon, she went to Renoir, for whom she had modeled nine months previously. Renoir looked at the baby and said "He can't be mine, the color is terrible!". Next she went to Degas, for whom she had also modeled. He said, "He can't be mine, the form is terrible!". At a cafe, Valadon saw an artist she knew named Miguel Utrillo, to whom she spilled her woes. The man told her to call the baby Utrillo: "I would be glad to put my name to the work of either Renoir or Degas!"
(26 December 1883)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

There are 3393 births, 3959 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5748 people in 6460 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 5th of September 1980 46 years, 2 months and 26 days ago
21-year-old performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Ladder - 2' in ICC, Meir 50, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. I placed my self-made ladders on the marble staircase and then fell from the stairs 6 times.