Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Brussel, Schaerbeek, Brabant, Belgium

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

Passengers, including many gold miners were killed by being dashed against the rocks by the waves rather than drowned. Others drowned weighed down by the belts of gold they were wearing around their bodies. The survivors, 21 passengers and 18 crew members were all men, with no women or children saved.
(26 October 1859)

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

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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Schaerbeek, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium.

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Monday 8th of April 1929 (+) — Singer-songwriter Jacques Brel is born.
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Tuesday 15th of August 1967 (-) — Surrealist painter René Magritte dies of pancreatic cancer.