Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
Kemmler was sentenced to death and became the first man to be executed by use of the electric chair, a device invented in 1881 by Buffalo dentist Alfred Southwick which, after nine years of development and legislation, was ready for use.
(29 March 1889)
There are 3365 births, 3925 deaths, 1121 murders, 496 disasters and 2076 other events about 5723 people in 6426 places until today.
Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.
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The Eyes Have It
Wednesday 9th of November 2005
The gutter of the open-air slaughterhouse filling with blood in Yang Zhen, Shunyi, China
 It's Just Blood, Blood on the Floor |