29th year - N° 62 Monday, 3 March 2014

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
29th year - N° 62 Monday, 3 March 2014

3 March / Today's 9 Events:

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(+) 167 years ago Wednesday 3rd of March 1847 Scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator Alexander Graham Bell is born in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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(x) 93 years ago Thursday 3rd of March 1921 Over 900 die in SS Hong Moh shipwreck in White Rocks, Lamock Island, Swatow, Guandong, China.

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(x) 71 years ago Wednesday 3rd of March 1943 173 die in air shelter stampede in Bethnal Green tube station, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. A middle-aged woman and a child fell over, three steps up from the base and others fell around her, tangled in an immovable mass.

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(-) 61 years ago Tuesday 3rd of March 1953 Hectorina MacLennan is strangled and raped by serial killer John Christie aka The Strangler of 10 Rillington Place in 10 Rillington Place, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 40 years ago Sunday 3rd of March 1974 346 die in Turkish Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Flight 981 crash in Forêt d'Ermenonville, Fontaine-Chaalis, Oise, France. Six passengers were ejected over Saint-Pathus.

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(-) 38 years ago Wednesday 3rd of March 1976 Artist Pierre Molinier commits suicide by a shot in his mouth at the age of 76 in 7 rue des Faussets, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. He was suffering from prostate cancer and feared an anal operation. On his door he wrote in chalk the following words: "Je prends ma vie. La clef est avec le concierge".

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(x) 31 years ago Thursday 3rd of March 1983 24-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Cet Obscur Objet du Désir' in an installation by Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven aka AMVK in Montevideo, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(x) 22 years ago Tuesday 3rd of March 1992 263 die in Incirharmani coal mine explosion in Kozlu, Zonguldak, Turkey.

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8 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 3rd of March 2006 Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven's presentation of 24 lightboxes for the Twodo Collection in Objectif Exhibitions, Coquilhatstraat 14, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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