When Modigliani died his twenty-one-year-old fiencée Jeanne Hébuterne was eight months pregnant with their second child. A day later Hébuterne was taken to her parents' home. There, inconsolable, she threw herself out of a fifth-floor window, killing herself and their unborn child. (24 January 1920)
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.
Tuesday 9th of March 1976 (x) — Start of the trial against Child killer Christian Ranucci for the abduction and murder of 8-year-old Marie-Dolorès Rambla. The next day Ranucci was found guilty on all counts and was sentenced to death.
Saturday 19th of August 1995 (-) — Composer, musicologist and acoustician Pierre Schaeffer dies of Alzheimer's disease.