Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 23 January 1986

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

Günther carried two 20l milk canisters filled with petrol and poured them over himself before the altar while 300 people were attending mass. He then spread his arms and let the candles ignite his robe. Two more spare canisters exploded as the floor around the altar was covered in flames.
(19 September 1978)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 23rd of January 1986 40 years, 8 months and 17 days ago
Artist and pedagogue Joseph Heinrich Beuys dies of heart failure at the age of 65 in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.