Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 20 April 1988

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

There is dispute about the cause of Beethoven's death: alcoholic cirrhosis, syphilis, infectious hepatitis, lead poisoning, sarcoidosis and Whipple's disease have all been proposed. Most probably Beethoven was accidentally poisoned to death by excessive doses of lead-based treatments administered under instruction from his doctor.
(26 March 1827)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1989

There are 3395 births, 3960 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5749 people in 6462 places until today.

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

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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 20th of April 1988 38 years, 9 months and 23 days ago
Albrecht Dürer's 'Lamentation for Christ', 'Paumgartner Altar' and 'Mater Dolarosa' are attacked with acid by 51-year-old serial art vandal Hans-Joachim Bohlmann in Alte Pinakothek, München, Bayern, Germany.