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

Solanas fired three times. She missed twice, but the third shot went through Warhol's both lungs, his spleen, stomach, liver, and esophagus. She then shot art critic Mario Amaya in the hip. She tried to shoot Warhol's manager Fred Hughes in the head but her gun jammed. "I consider that a moral act. And I consider it immoral that I missed. I should have done target practice."
(3 June 1968)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1987

There are 3377 births, 3944 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2083 other events about 5734 people in 6443 places until today.

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

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Iroquois Theatre

24–28 West Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Wednesday 30th of December 1903 (x) — .
At the beginning of the second act, a dance number in the popular Drury Lane musical 'Mr. Bluebeard', was in progress when an arc light shorted out and sparks ignited a muslin curtain.