Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Saint-Pierre, La Réunion, France

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

Mount Vesuvius violently spewed forth a deadly cloud of super-heated tephra and gases to a height of 33 km, ejecting molten rock, pulverized pumice and hot ash at 1.5 million tons per second. The remains of over 1.500 people have so far been found. The total number of fatalities remains unknown.
(24 August 79)

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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Saint-Pierre, La Réunion, France.

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Wednesday 26th of February 1958 (+) — Writer Michel Houellebecq is born.