Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Tel Aviv, Gush Dan, Israel

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

According to studies by the musicologist and literary scholar Eric Sams, Schumann's symptoms during his terminal illness and death appear consistent with those of mercury poisoning, mercury at this time being a common treatment for syphilis and other conditions.
(29 July 1856)

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

There are 3376 births, 3943 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2079 other events about 5732 people in 6441 places until today.

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

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Tel Aviv, Gush Dan, Israel.

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Friday 20th of December 1946 (+) — Illusionist, magician, television personality and self-proclaimed psychic Uri Geller is born.
Friday 16th of October 1981 (-) — Israeli military leader and politician Moshe Dayan dies of a heart attack.
In 2005 Dayan's eye patch was offered for sale on Ebay with a starting bid of 75.000 U.S. dollars.