Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
On 3 September the Frank family was deported on what would be the last transport from Westerbork transit camp to Auschwitz KZ.
(4 August 1944)
There are 3395 births, 3960 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5749 people in 6462 places until today.
Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.
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There were 8 notable deaths in 2026 until now:
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(-) Saturday 10th of January 2026 Writer and paleo-contact pioneer Erich Anton Paul von Däniken dies of natural causes at the age of 91 in Interlaken Hospital, Weissenaustrasse 27, Unterseen, Mittelland, Switzerland. |
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(-) Monday 16th of February 2026 Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman dies of natural causes at the age of 96 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. |
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(-) Saturday 7th of March 2026 Child killer Ian Kevin Huntley known for the Soham murders dies of natural causes at the age of 52 in Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom. |
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(-) Thursday 14th of May 2026 Performance and video artist Valie Export dies of undisclosed causes at the age of 86 in Wien, Wien, Austria. |
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(-) Thursday 14th of May 2026 Murderer Edward Lee Busby is executed by lethal injection at the age of 54 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. |
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(-) Thursday 14th of May 2026 Triple murderer Raymond Eugene Johnson is executed by lethal injection at the age of 52 in Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester, Oklahoma, United States. Johnson's last meal request was for chicken, a pint of gizzards, and fried pickles with hot sauce and ranch dressing. |
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(-) Monday 1st of June 2026 Mass murderer Ryan Willis McFarland commits suicide by a shot in the head at the age of 52 in Muscatine, Iowa, United States. Earlier that day McFarland had shot six members of his family on various locations. |
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(-) Thursday 11th of June 2026 Painter David Hockney dies of natural causes at the age of 89 in Bridlington, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |