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

In the last week of his life Whitman was too weak to lift a knife or fork and wrote: "I suffer all the time: I have no relief, no escape: it is monotony—monotony—monotony—in pain."
(26 March 1892)

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

There are 3363 births, 3916 deaths, 1121 murders, 495 disasters and 2074 other events about 5717 people in 6421 places until today.

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

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Hoboken Docks

Hoboken, New Jersey, United States.

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