Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Genève, Romandie, Switzerland

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

The executioner, James Billington, claimed that Cream's last words on the scaffold were "I am Jack The..." However records show that Cream was in prison at the time of the last three Ripper murders in 1888.
(15 November 1892)

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

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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Genève, Romandie, Switzerland.

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Thursday 8th of May 1828 (+) — Founder of the Red Cross Henri Dunant is born.
Sunday 19th of May 1918 (-) — Artist Ferdinand Hodler dies of unknown causes.
Wednesday 15th of April 1942 (-) — Modernist writer Robert Musil dies of a stroke.
Only eight people attended Musil's cremation.
Tuesday 16th of September 1980 (-) — Developmental psychologist and philosopher Jean Piaget dies of unknown causes.
Per his request Piaget was buried with his family in an unmarked grave in the Cimetière des Rois in Genève.
Monday 20th of December 1982 (-) — Pianist Arthur Rubinstein dies of natural causes.
Wednesday 10th of January 2007 (-) — Film director Carlo Ponti dies of pulmonary edema.