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

The bombing was a reaction to Black Activist Angela Davis' arrest and a protest against the war in Vietnam. It was the first action undertaken by an all-women's unit of the Weather Underground.
(14 October 1970)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1987

There are 3350 births, 3895 deaths, 1122 murders, 493 disasters and 2033 other events about 5700 people in 6382 places until today.

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

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Circuit de la Sarthe

Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France.

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Saturday 11th of June 1955 (x) —
49-year-old driver Pierre Levegh struck a protective dirt berm at 200 km/h, disintegrating and igniting his car, throwing him onto the track where he was instantly killed and sending large pieces of flaming debris including the engine block and hood cartwheeling over the berm and into the packed grandstand. The momentum of the heaviest components of the car – the engine, radiator and front suspension – hurtled straight on into the crowd for almost 100 metres, crushing all in their path. The bonnet lid scythed through the air, decapitating tightly jammed spectators like a guillotine.