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

On the Campo Santo graveyard I dug a grave. After I lay down in it Ross Cannon closed it with earth. While the audience was transported with buses to the next location of the exhibition we moved the grave to the Gele Zaal in Gent.
(17 September 1983)

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

There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.

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Execution Dock

Wapping, London, East London, United Kingdom.

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Thursday 25th of March 1762 (-) — Pirate James Lowry is executed by hanging.
To make sure that Lowry's body remained intact for as long as possible his corpse was coated with tar. The tar may also have stopped birds pecking the flesh. Once coated with tar the body was fitted into a specially made harness of iron hoops and chains that held the head, body and legs in place.
Thursday 21st of November 1816 (-) — Pirate Robert Smith is executed by hanging.
Thursday 21st of November 1816 (-) — Pirate Charles Furney is executed by hanging.