Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Coudersport, Pennsylvania, United States

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

'On 17 March 1853 Christian Andreas Doppler died of a pulmonary embolism at the age of 50 in Venezia, Veneto, Italy. He was known for the Doppler Effect, the effect that produces a change in frequency or wavelength of a wave or other periodic event for an observer moving relative to its source or vice versa. 164 years later on this day I lay on the floor while a shortwave radio was tied to a rotating device, circling it to and from my head whereby there was a change in frequency and wavelength of the static noise on the radio. On the occasion of the exhibition ‘What Would I Do in Orbit?’ by Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven.'
(17 March 2017)

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

There are 3381 births, 3949 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2084 other events about 5737 people in 6449 places until today.

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

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Coudersport, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Wednesday 15th of April 1874 (+) — Physician John Bentley is born.
On 5 December 1966 Bentley died of Spontaneous Human Combustion.
Thursday 16th of May 1957 (-) — American Prohibition agent Eliot Ness dies of a heart attack.
In one popular yet false anecdote Ness died just as he was about to have the first alcoholic drink of his life.
Monday 5th of December 1966 (-) — Physician John Bentley dies of Spontaneous Human Combustion.
All that was left of the aged Dr. Bentley was the lower half of his right leg with the slipper still on it. The rest of his body had been reduced to a pile of ashes in the basement below.