Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Venezia, Veneto, Italy || Fondamenta dei Mori

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

51 railway wagons carrying sulfur, fertilizer, petrol and cotton wool broke loose from their siding at Abu Muslim Station and rolled down the track for about 20 kilometres until they derailed and rolled down an embankment. During the cleanup operation the cargo of the wagons exploded.
(18 February 2004)

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

There are 3390 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5743 people in 6458 places until today.

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

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Fondamenta dei Mori, Venezia, Veneto, Italy.

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Sunday 29th of September 1518 (+) — Painter Tintoretto is born.
Tuesday 31st of May 1594 (-) — Painter Tintoretto dies of fever.
Tintoretto was seized with severe stomach pains that prevented him from sleeping and eating for almost a fortnight.