Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Port Said, Port Said, Egypt

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

Horn was one of the few people to have been hanged by a water-powered gallows known as the 'Julian Gallows', designed by Cheyenne architect James P. Julian. On the scaffold Horn shouted: “Ain’t losing your nerve are you, Joe?”.
(20 November 1903)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

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.

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Port Said, Port Said, Egypt.

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Monday 25th of April 1859 (x) — British and French engineers start digging the Suez Canal.
The excavation took some 10 years using forced labour of Egyptian workers during the first years. The inauguration of the Suez Canal was on 17 November 1869.