Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Küssnacht, Schwyz, Switzerland

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

Several photographs were taken of the lynching, which were published and sold as postcards in local stores for 25 cents each, a common practice after lynchings, along with pieces of the rope, Frank's nightshirt, and branches from the tree.
(17 August 1915)

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

There are 3378 births, 3945 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2083 other events about 5735 people in 6444 places until today.

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

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Küssnacht, Schwyz, Switzerland.

Related events:

Thursday 24th of October 1918 (-) — Hotelier César Ritz dies of unknown causes.
Thursday 29th of August 1935 (-) — Queen consort of the Belgians Astrid of Sweden dies from her injuries sustained in a car crash.
King Leopold was driving their Packard One-Twenty convertible and Queen Astrid looking at a map. As the Queen pointed out something to her husband the car went off the road down a steep slope and slammed into a pear tree. Queen Astrid had opened her door to try to get out but she was thrown out upon impact. Her body collided with the trunk of the tree while the car slammed into a second tree. King Leopold was thrown out of the car as well but he was only lightly injured.