‘Mexico’ was a small part of a botanic garden, planted with cactuses, surrounded by water. I tried to crawl through a plastic tube through the water, but the pressure of the water was too heavy and it didn’t work. (19 June 1979)
There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.
Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.
Saturday 7th of April 1973 (x) — Serial killer Gerard Schaefer is arrested. In Schaefer's bedroom police found lurid stories he had written that were full of descriptions of the torture, rape and murder of women.
Saturday 21st of July 1973 (-) — Murderer Albert Brust commits suicide by cyanide poisoning. In Brust's house the police found a wide variety of pornography and torture-devices as well as the walled-in body of 16-year-old Mark Matson.