Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 2 January 1938

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

After Louis IX his death his body was subject to the process known as mos Teutonicus (a postmortem funerary custom used in medieval Europe whereby the flesh was boiled from the body, so that the bones of the deceased could be transported hygienically from distant lands back home) for its transportation back to France.
(25 August 1270)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1987

There are 3384 births, 3950 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2084 other events about 5737 people in 6452 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (+) Sunday 2nd of January 1938 88 years, 0 months and 27 days ago
Land Art artist Robert Irving Smithson is born in Passaic, New Jersey, United States.