Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France || Clinique Saint-Augustin

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

A flat tire during take-off resulted in over-heating and structural weakening of the No. 1 tyre. The inflight fire consumed the cabin floor and bodies fell from the melting aircraft that finally became uncontrollable and crashed.
(11 July 1991)

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

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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Clinique Saint-Augustin

114 Avenue d'Ares, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France.

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