Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Paris VIIe, Île-de-France, France || 27 Quai Voltaire

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

The tired and hungry band played to just a handful of spectators, mainly prostitutes and their clients. They also had to turn down their amplifiers following a complaint from the woman who lived above the venue. Nervous of the unfamiliar surroundings The Beatles played the entire four and a half hour opening show, huddled together and standing stock still.
(17 August 1960)

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

There are 3393 births, 3960 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5748 people in 6461 places until today.

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27 Quai Voltaire, VIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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