Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States || 850 Beech Avenue

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

Mount Vesuvius violently spewed forth a deadly cloud of super-heated tephra and gases to a height of 33 km, ejecting molten rock, pulverized pumice and hot ash at 1.5 million tons per second. The remains of over 1.500 people have so far been found. The total number of fatalities remains unknown.
(24 August 79)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

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

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

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