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

49-year-old driver Pierre Levegh struck a protective dirt berm at 200 km/h, disintegrating and igniting his car, throwing him onto the track where he was instantly killed and sending large pieces of flaming debris including the engine block and hood cartwheeling over the berm and into the packed grandstand. The momentum of the heaviest components of the car – the engine, radiator and front suspension – hurtled straight on into the crowd for almost 100 metres, crushing all in their path. The bonnet lid scythed through the air, decapitating tightly jammed spectators like a guillotine.
(11 June 1955)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

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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Fukuoka Detention Center

Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan.

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Friday 27th of April 2007 (-) — Murderer Yoshikatsu Oda is executed by hanging.
Tuesday 28th of October 2008 (-) — Double murderer Michitoshi Kuma is executed by hanging.
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Friday 1st of February 2008 (-) — Double murderer Keishi Nago is executed by hanging.