Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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

Over 500,000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals. There are estimates of 8000 deaths within two weeks and up to 8000 or more have since died from gas-related diseases.
(3 December 1984)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1989

There are 3385 births, 3950 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2085 other events about 5737 people in 6452 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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