Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
In the last week of his life Whitman was too weak to lift a knife or fork and wrote: "I suffer all the time: I have no relief, no escape: it is monotony—monotony—monotony—in pain."
(26 March 1892)
There are 3384 births, 3950 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2084 other events about 5737 people in 6452 places until today.
Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Tuesday 20th of February 1962 64 years, 0 months and 20 days ago |
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 41-year-old United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer and astronaut John Glenn becomes the first US-astronaut to fly around the earth in a Mercury-Atlas 6 spacecraft in Geocentric Orbit, , , Space. Total mission flight time was four hours 55 minutes and 23 seconds. |
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