Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 12 January 1960

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

During a series of lectures protesting the closing of the Antwerp Museum of Contemporary Art by the Flemish Minister of Culture, I lay outside in front of the door with a note that read 'Ignore the Artist'. Artists have not been consulted for decades in decisions regarding museums of contemporary art. In an ideal world fellow artists and art lovers would have dragged me inside to emphasise that artists do indeed belong in a Museum for Contemporary Art and not outside it, but nobody did so.
(23 November 2025)

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

There are 3376 births, 3943 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2079 other events about 5732 people in 6441 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 12th of January 1960 65 years ago
Writer and aeronautical engineer Nevil Shute born as Nevil Shute Norway dies of a stroke at the age of 61 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.