Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay

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

Around 20:00 on 25 January some parts of the engine experienced fuel leaks and cigarette butts coming down from the vents ignited the leaking fuel. The crews saw the fire and tried to snuff it out using portable fire extinguishers but failed. In the morning of 27 January there was an explosion in the engine room which created an entrance for the sea water to fill the compartments. Finally at 12:45 on 27 January (about 30 hours after the first spark) the ship sank to the bottom of the Java Sea.
(27 January 1981)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1989

There are 3386 births, 3952 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2085 other events about 5739 people in 6452 places until today.

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

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Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Saturday 4th of April 1846 (+) — Poet Isidore Ducasse de Lautréamont is born.
Thursday 12th of April 1984 (+) — Fashion model Luisel Ramos is born.
Wednesday 2nd of August 2006 (-) — Fashion model Luisel Ramos dies of heart failure caused by anorexia nervosa.
Ramos died of heart failure while participating in a fashion show during Fashion Week.
Tuesday 13th of February 2007 (-) — Fashion model Eliana Ramos dies of a heart attack due to malnutrition.
Ramos was the sister of fashion model Luisel Ramos who died of anorexia nervosa six months earlier.