Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

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

Einstein refused surgery, saying: "I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly."
(18 April 1955)

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

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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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

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Saturday 13th of November 1002 (x) — King of the English Æthelred the Unready orders to "slain all the Danish men who are in England".
The event is remembered as St. Brice's Day Massacre.
Friday 29th of August 1930 (-) — Oxford don William Spooner dies of natural causes.
Monday 8th of February 1999 (-) — Writer Iris Murdoch dies of Alzheimer's disease.