Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Palermo, Sicilia, Italy

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

Meanes' last words were "As the ocean always returns to itself, love always returns to itself. So does consciousness, always returns to itself. And I do so with love on my lips. May God bless all mankind."
(15 December 1998)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

There are 3377 births, 3944 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2083 other events about 5734 people in 6443 places until today.

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

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Palermo, Sicilia, Italy.

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Friday 27th of June 1941 (+) — Mafia pentito Leonardo Vitale is born.
Friday 23rd of March 1973 (x) — Mafia pentito Leonardo Vitale walks into a police station and declares that he was a member of the Mafia and confessed to various acts of extortion, arson and two homicides.
Vitale's case came to trial in 1977. His testimony lead to a number of alleged mobsters being indicted but all were acquitted when their defence lawyers cast doubt on Vitale's mental state by pointing out his self-mutilation and other odd habits. In the end only Vitale and his mafioso uncle were imprisoned and Vitale spent most of his time in a mental asylum.
Sunday 2nd of December 1984 (-) — Mafia pentito Leonardo Vitale is shot dead by persons unknown while leaving Mass with his mother and sister.