Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom

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

Kemmler was sentenced to death and became the first man to be executed by use of the electric chair, a device invented in 1881 by Buffalo dentist Alfred Southwick which, after nine years of development and legislation, was ready for use.
(29 March 1889)

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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Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom.

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Friday 9th of April 1830 (+) — Photographer Eadweard Muybridge is born.
Sunday 8th of May 1904 (-) — Photographer Eadweard Muybridge dies of prostate cancer.