Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
Unruh returned to his apartment and engaged in a standoff. Over 60 police surrounded his home and a shootout ensued, in which he surrendered. The victims were 27-year old John Joseph Pilarchik, 6-year-old Orris Martin Smith, 33-year-old Clark Hoover, 45-year-old James Hutton, 38-year-old Rose Cohen, 63-year-old Minnie Cohen, 39-year-old Maurice J. Cohen, 24-year-old Alvin Day, 2-year-old Thomas Hamilton, 28-year-old Helga Kautzach Zegrino, 37-year-old Helen Wilson, 68-year-old Emma Matlack and 9-year-old John Wilson. Unruh's last public words, made during an interview with a psychologist, were "I'd have killed a thousand if I had enough bullets."
(6 September 1949)
There are 3033 births, 3162 deaths, 832 murders, 387 disasters and 1709 other events about 4850 people in 5458 places until today.
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The Eyes Have It
In the past 20 years I made 48.333 digital photos. 399 of them have been posted here on the corresponding days they were taken.
 | Through the Night Softly 1 August 2003 || Singapore A 'Love Hotel' in Singapore, Singapore. |
 | Home is Where the Heart is 2 August 2007 || Borgerhout, Belgium A graffiti in our neighbourhood in Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. |
 | Yes We Have no Bananas 3 August 2003 || Singapore Indian workers stocking up goods for the coming week in Little India, Singapore, Singapore. |
 | Is it My Body? Someone I Might Be? 4 August 2003 || Singapore A sign in a hairdresser shop on Serangoon Road in Little India, Singapore, Singapore. |
 | I'm Beginning to See the Light 4 August 2007 || Oostende, Belgium Sunset over the beach and the sea in Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
 | I'm Beginning to See the Light 5 August 2003 || Singapore Preparations for a Buddhist ceremony in Gaeyling in Singapore, Singapore. |
 | Deep in Your Nature 6 August 2005 || Antwerpen, Belgium A performance by an unidentified artist at the Death Petrol festival in Scheld'apen, D'Herbouvillekaai 36, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. |
 | Bleu, Bleu, l'Amour est Bleu 6 August 2009 || Rawa Island, Malaysia The old pier in Rawa Island, Johor, Malaysia. |
 | 7 August 2010 || Val Thorens, France A massive rock in the ski resort in Val Thorens, Haute-Savoie, France. |
 | Out in the Real World 8 August 2009 || Mersing, Malaysia Two Muslim women preparing to take off on their motorbike after attending a wedding in Mersing, Johor, Malaysia. |
 | Looking for Bodies 9 August 2004 || Audresselles, France The stony beach as seen from atop the cliffs in Audresselles, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. |
 | Die Kleinen und die Bösen 9 August 2004 || Dunkerque, France A bunker holiday house with a splendid view on the beach in Dunkerque, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. |
 | Through the Night Softly 10 August 2003 || Jakarta, Indonesia Flying from Singapore to Jakarta with Emirates Airlines was quite a noteworthy experience due to the fantastic food, the company of several hundred strictly dressed muslim men and women, and last but not least live footage of the landing at dawn on the individual lcd-screens on the seat in front of us from a camera in the Boeing's nose in Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. |
 | Falling 10 August 2004 || Cap Blanc Nez, France A walk on the edge of the cliffs in Cap Blanc Nez, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. |
 | I Wish I Could Die 11 August 1999 || Borgerhout, Belgium A sun eclipse as seen through my welding gear in Oudstrijdersstraat 35, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. |
 | Am I Not Farang? 11 August 2003 || Jakarta, Indonesia A weird roadside shack on the outskirts of town in Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. |
 | I'm So Lonesome I Could Die 13 August 2003 || Jakarta, Indonesia A local bus in an outskirt district in Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. |
 | It Takes Two to Tango 14 August 2003 || Jakarta, Indonesia The Nayada Kanca Studio Musik where I had a rehearsal with Henry Foundation aka Batman for a music performance at the BB's Club, organized by Pink Girl Go Wild EuNice Nuh in Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. |
 | Superficial Punctate Keratopathy 15 August 2003 || Jakarta, Indonesia A night-ride in Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. |
 | Home is Where the Heart is 15 August 2007 || Weert, Belgium A wooden fisherman's house on the old Schelde river in Weert, Antwerpen, Belgium. |
 | Am I Not Farang? 16 August 2003 - Jakarta, Indonesia Passengers in the back of a crowded pick-up truck aka public transport staring at a weird white guy in Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. |
 | It's a Flat Flat Planet 17 August 2002 || Borgerhout, Belgium A lonely break during a party on our rooftop terrace in Oudstrijdersstraat 35, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. |
 | Out in the Real World 17 August 2003 || Jakarta, Indonesia Season's greetings with a picture of the shattered windows after 28-year-old al-Qaeda suicide bomber Asmar Latin Sani detonated a Toyota Kijang car bomb outside the lobby of the Marriott on 5 August 2003, killing twelve people and injuring 150 in Marriott Hotel, Mega Kuningan, Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. |
 | Is it My Body? Someone I Might Be? 18 August 2003 || Jakarta, Indonesia A devoted fan with a dubious t-shirt at Ruangrupa in Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. |
 | It's My Party 18 August 2006 || Borgerhout, Belgium Our cat Harry helping out with archiving Club Moral documents in Oudstrijdersstraat 35, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. |
 | Je Est un Autre 19 August 2001 || Oostende, Belgium A Joseph Beuys lookalike mannequin in the sick bay of a War Memorial Museum in Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
 | Out in the Real World 19 August 2007 || Berlin, Germany A wild boar at remarkable close distance in Grünewald, Berlin, Berlin, Germany. |
 | Deep in Your Nature 20 August 1999 || Bangkok, Thailand A sleeping dog on the pavement in Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand. |
 | Superficial Punctate Keratopathy 23 August 2002 || Brugge, Belgium Party time after our Club Moral music performance on the Stubnitz in Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
 | Down, Down, Deeper & Down 24 August 1999 || Auckland, New Zealand A stairway down into the ocean in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand. |
 | Lieber Wütend als Traurig 24 August 2007 || Berlin, Germany The house where on 14 May 1970 Ulrike Meinhof assisted in the freeing of Andreas Baader with Gudrun Ensslin, Irene Goergens and Ingrid Schubert, and jumped in the underground in Deutsches Zentralinstitut für Soziale Fragen, Miquelstraße 83, Dahlem, Berlin, Berlin, Germany. |
 | Is it My Body? Someone I Might Be? 25 August 1999 || Auckland, New Zealand A black swan in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand. |