Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
49-year-old driver Pierre Levegh struck a protective dirt berm at 200 km/h, disintegrating and igniting his car, throwing him onto the track where he was instantly killed and sending large pieces of flaming debris including the engine block and hood cartwheeling over the berm and into the packed grandstand. The momentum of the heaviest components of the car – the engine, radiator and front suspension – hurtled straight on into the crowd for almost 100 metres, crushing all in their path. The bonnet lid scythed through the air, decapitating tightly jammed spectators like a guillotine.
(11 June 1955)
There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.
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The Eyes Have It
In the past 22 years I have made 49.711 digital photos. 555 of them are available here. They can be found on the corresponding days they were taken.
 | Is it My Body? Someone I Might Be? 1 April 2006 || Borgerhout, Belgium Our cat Harry sunbathing on our rooftop terrace in Oudstrijdersstraat 35, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. |
 | Holidays in the Sun 1 April 2012 || Borgerhout, Belgium Rietveld furniture and tulips on our rooftop terrace in Oudstrijdersstraat 35, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. |
 | Paradise Lost 1 April 2015 || Híjar, Spain A ruin church in Híjar, Teruel, Spain. |
 | Hit By a Rock 1 April 2019 || Helsinki, Finland A front door in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland. |
 | Superficial Punctate Keratopathy 2 April 2007 || Borgerhout, Belgium Abandoned communication systems and electrical equipment in an abandoned office in Kattenberg 79, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Belgium. |
 | Blood on the Floor 3 April 2015 || Calanda, Spain The bloodied drum and mallet from a fierce female drummer at the Ruta del Tambor y el Bombo in Calanda, Teruel, Spain. |
 | We're Having a Heatwave 3 April 2017 || Borgerhout, Belgium A Frigidaire electric cooking stove up for sale in Oudstrijdersstraat 35, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. |
 | The Girl Can't Help it 4 April 2015 || Calanda, Spain An early morning procession during the Holy Week in Calanda, Teruel, Spain. |
 | Lady in the Radiator 4 April 2019 || Helsinki, Finland A sturdy metal gate in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland. |
 | Home is Where the Ashes are 5 April 2015 || Calanda, Spain The view from the mountain where supposedly the ashes of Surrealist film director Luis Buñuel were scattered in Monte Tolocha, Calanda, Teruel, Spain. |
 | Knocking on Heaven's Door 6 April 2015 || Calanda, Spain Amazing ruins in Convento del Desierto, Cam. de Gramenales Altos, Calanda, Teruel, Spain. |
 | I Don't See Anything that I Want 6 April 2019 || Helsinki, Finland The inside of the copper dome in Temppeliaukio Church, Töölö, Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland. |
 | I Don't See Anything that I Want 7 April 2010 || Antwerpen, Belgium Light structures built during a project week in the Mekano workshop in Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Mutsaardstraat 31, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. |
 | It Takes Two to Tango 8 April 2007 || Borgerhout, Belgium Solitary situation in Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Belgium. |
 | I Wish I Could Die 8 April 2007 || Borgerhout, Belgium Solitary situation in Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Belgium. |
 | Let's Dance 9 April 2005 || Horebeke, Belgium The stage for a Club Moral performance in 't Ol van Pluto, Stene 14, Sint-Maria-Horebeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
 | I'm Smiling, Take My Word for it 10 April 2004 || Antwerpen, Belgium Recording of a collaborate video work by Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven and Mauro Pawlowski starring Dennis Denys in Kattenberg 79, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Belgium. |
 | Nothing but a Shadow on the Wall 10 April 2014 || Vilvoorde, Belgium My shadow on a tree in Hanssenspark, Vilvoorde, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium. |
 | I Don't See Anything that I Want 11 April 1999 || Antwerpen, Belgium Scoring locations for a public art project by Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven in Offerandestraat, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. |
 | Yes We Have no Bananas 12 April 2014 || Kasterlee, Belgium Musician Aldo Struyf aka Aldolino and Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven aka AMVK in Frans Masereel Centrum, Masereeldijk 5, Kasterlee, Antwerpen, Belgium. |
 | Only the Lonely 12 April 2016 || Cadzand, Netherlands A large cargo ship on the horizon in Cadzand, Zeeland, Netherlands. |
 | Let's Dance 14 April 2016 || Cadzand, Netherlands Two students from my Performance Art workshop on the beach in Cadzand, Zeeland, Netherlands. |
 | Sun Arise 15 April 2005 || Moscow, Russia The Lenin Mausoleum early in the morning in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia. |
 | The Sunshine Underground 16 April 2005 || Vladivostok, Russia An unidentified person walking towards the evening sun on a strip of beach in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia. |
 | Was Heißt hier Angst? 17 April 2005 || Vladivostok, Russia A train conductor waiting for passengers to embark on the Trans-Siberian Express in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia. |
 | Only the Lonely 17 April 2018 || Villers-Sainte-Gertrude, Belgium An abandoned abri de bus discovered during a performance workshop in Villers-Sainte-Gertrude, Luxembourg, Belgium. |
 | Only the Lonely 17 April 2022 || Pulderbos, Belgium Creative fencing in Pulderbos, Antwerpen, Belgium. |
 | Paradise Lost 18 April 2005 || Vladivostok, Russia Modes of construction for (re)building a museum in Museum of Modern Art, ul Aksakovskaya 12, Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia. |
 | Die Kleinen und die Bösen 18 April 2005 || Vladivostok, Russia Modes of construction for (re)building a museum in Museum of Modern Art, ul Aksakovskaya 12, Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia. |
 | Down, down, deeper and down 19 April 2010 || Antwerpen, Belgium The Hole I was 'Diggin' for Gordon' seen from the bottom up in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. |