Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands || Prinsengracht 263

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

As a prototype of the missile was being prepared for a test flight, an explosion occurred when second stage engines ignited accidentally while it was still on the launchpad. Despite the magnitude of the disaster, news of it was suppressed for many years and the Soviet government did not acknowledge the event until 1989.
(24 October 1960)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

There are 3377 births, 3944 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2083 other events about 5734 people in 6443 places until today.

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

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Prinsengracht 263, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

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Friday 4th of August 1944 (x) — The Achterhuis where Diarist Anne Frank was hiding is stormed by a group of German uniformed police led by SS-Oberscharführer Karl Silberbauer of the Sicherheitsdienst.
On 3 September the Frank family was deported on what would be the last transport from Westerbork transit camp to Auschwitz KZ.