Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

Snuppy was created using a cell from an ear from an adult Afghan hound and involved 123 surrogate mothers of which only three produced pups. Snuppy being the sole survivor. Snuppy was named as a portmanteau of the initials of the Seoul National University (SNU) and the word 'puppy'.
(24 April 2005)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.

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

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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Related events:

Monday 23rd of May 1892 (-) — Mass murderer Frederick Bailey Deeming is executed by hanging.
About 10.000 spectators showed up to watch Deeming hang.
Wednesday 11th of March 1931 (+) — Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is born.
Sunday 29th of January 1939 (+) — Feminist theorist and writer Germaine Greer is born.
Monday 18th of May 1942 (-) — Victim of Edward Leonski aka The Singing Strangler Gladys Hosking is strangled by Edward Leonski aka The Singing Strangler.
Saturday 11th of July 1959 (+) — Drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumental musician John Murphy is born.
Tuesday 12th of January 1960 (-) — Writer and aeronautical engineer Nevil Shute dies of a stroke.
Monday 4th of March 1968 (+) — Mass murderer Julian Knight is born.