-
(+)
292 Years Ago Today Hatte Er Gar Keinen Vernunft
Philosopher Immanuel Kant is born in Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. -
(+)
250 Years Ago Today
Writer Germaine Anne Louise de Staël aka Madame de Staël is born as Anne Louise Germaine Necker in 28 Rue Michel-le-Comte, Paris, IIIe, Île-de-France, France. -
(+)
176 Years Ago Today
Symbolist painter Odilon Bertrand-Jean Redon is born in Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. -
(+)
163 Years Ago Today
Law enforcement officer and biometrics researcher Alphonse Bertillon is born in Paris, Île-de-France, France. -
(+)
146 Years Ago Today
Political theorist and communist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin is born as Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov in Simbirsk, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. -
(+)
125 Years Ago Today
Anarchist Nicola Sacco is born in Torremaggiore, Apulia, Italy. -
(+)
117 Years Ago Today
Writer Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov aka Vladimir Sirin known for Lolita is born in St. Petersburg, Northwestern Federal District, Russia. -
(+)
112 Years Ago Today
Theoretical physicist Robert Julius Oppenheimer aka The Father of the Atomic Bomb is born in New York City, New York, United States. -
(+)
100 Years Ago Today
Violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin is born as Yehudi Mnuchin in New York City, New York, United States. -
(+)
94 Years Ago Today
Musician, bandleader and composer Charles Mingus is born in Nogales, Arizona, United States. -
(+)
93 Years Ago Today
Television producer Aaron Spelling is born in Dallas, Texas, United States. -
(+)
93 Years Ago Today
Pin-up model Bettie Mae Page aka The Queen of Pinups is born in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. -
(-)
91 Years Ago Today
Murderer John Norman Holmes Thorne aka The Chicken Run Murderer is executed by hanging at the age of 25 in Wandsworth Prison, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. -
(-)
86 Years Ago Today
Murderer William Henry Podmore aka William F. Thomas is executed by hanging at the age of 29 in Winchester Prison, Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom. -
(-)
83 Years Ago Today He Wished He Had Spent More Time in the Office
Automobile designer and manufacturer Henry Frederick Royce dies of unknown causes at the age of 70 in Elmstead, Elms Lane, West Wittering, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
Royce's last words were reported to be "I wish I had spent more time in the office." -
(-)
82 Years Ago Today
30-year-old Carter W. Baum is shot dead by gangster Baby Face Nelson in Little Bohemia Lodge, Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin, United States.
On 20 April 1934 John Dillinger's gang, consisting of Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, Homer Van Meter, Tommy Carroll, and John "Red" Hamilton settled at Little Bohemia Lodge after Dillinger's escape from the jail in Crown Point, Indiana on 3 March 1934. They were tracked down by FBI agents Melvin Purvis, W. Carter Baum and Jay Newman among others. -
(+)
79 Years Ago Today He Wasn't Found in a Cuckoo's Nest
Actor Jack John Joseph Nicholson is born in Neptune City, New Jersey, United States. -
(-)
74 Years Ago Today
16-year-old Alice Porter is crucified by murderer Donald Fern in Pueblo, Colorado, United States.
Fern lured the girl to an abandoned church to fulfill his sadistic urges. -
(-)
71 Years Ago Today
Artist Käthe Schmidt Kollwitz dies of natural causes at the age of 78 in Moritzburg, Sachsen, Germany. -
(+)
70 Years Ago Today He Didn't Use Hairspray
Film director John Samuel Waters aka The Pope of Trash is born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. -
(+)
64 Years Ago Today
Porn actress Marilyn Chambers is born as Marilyn Ann Briggs in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. -
(+)
57 Years Ago Today
Murderer David Brewer is born in Butler County, Ohio, United States. -
(-)
56 Years Ago Today
Murderer Lawrence Wade is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 32 in San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California, United States. -
(-)
56 Years Ago Today
Valeska Eder and her fiancée Ernst Hering are shot dead by 20-year-old Serial killer Klaus Gosmann aka Der Mittagsmörder in Tuchgartenstraße, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany. -
(-)
46 Years Ago Today
Mass murderer Harry Kecinski commits suicide by a shot in the head at the age of 43 in Lundbarg 27, Fahrdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
In depair over the loss of his job and heavy debts Kecinsky shot his wife Lisa and seven children and took his own life. -
(x)
44 Years Ago Today
27-year-old Serial killer Arthur John Shawcross aka The Genesee River Killer marries his third wife, Penny Sherbino in Watertown, New York, United States. -
(x)
36 Years Ago Today
Over 100 die in Don Juan ferry and Tacloban City oil tanker collision in Manila Bay, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines. -
(-)
33 Years Ago Today There Was Smoke from Burning Flesh
Robber, kidnapper and murderer John Louis Evans is executed by Yellow Mama at the age of 33 in Holman Correctional Facility, Ross Road, Atmore, Alabama, United States.
After the first jolt of electricity, sparks and flames erupted from the electrode attached to Evans' leg. The electrode then burst from the strap holding it in place and caught on fire. Smoke and sparks came out from under the hood. Two physicians entered the chamber and found a heartbeat. The electrode was reattached to his leg. More smoke and burning flesh. Again doctors found a heartbeat. Ignoring the pleas of Evans' lawyer Russ Canan, a third jolt was applied. The execution took 14 minutes and left Evans' body charred and smoldering. -
(-)
32 Years Ago Today
14-year-old April Brunais is raped and strangled by serial killer Michael Ross aka The Roadside Strangler in Griswold, Connecticut, United States. -
(-)
32 Years Ago Today
14-year-old Leslie Shelley is raped and strangled by serial killer Michael Ross aka The Roadside Strangler in Griswold, Connecticut, United States. -
(-)
30 Years Ago Today
Double murderer David Livingston Funchess is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 40 in Florida State Prison, 7819 N.W. 228th Street, Raiford, Florida, United States. -
(-)
22 Years Ago Today
37th President of the United States Richard Milhous Nixon dies of cerebral edema at the age of 81 in NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, New York, United States.
Nixon was the only president to resign without completing an elected term. -
(-)
18 Years Ago Today
Murderer Jose Roberto Villafuerte is executed by lethal injection at the age of 46 in Arizona State Prison Complex, 1305 E Butte Avenue, Florence, Arizona, United States.
Villafuerte's last meal request was for one broiled chicken, nine corn tortillas, two tomatoes, one can of jalapenos, two cans of Pepsi, one four-ounce plate of rice. -
(-)
14 Years Ago Today
Porn actress Linda Lovelace known from Deep Throat dies of massive trauma and internal injuries after a car accident on 3 April at the age of 53 in Denver, Colorado, United States. -
(-)
13 Years Ago Today It Was Working
Multiple murderer Juan Rodriguez Chavez aka The Thrill Killer is executed by lethal injection at the age of 35 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.
Chavez' last words were "Is it working?" -
11 Years Ago Today The Eyes had it
Striking local celebrities at the opening of an art exhibition in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia. -
(x)
10 Years Ago Today
47-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'The Discovery of James Lee Byars' Tomb' in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.
While looking for places to get rid of the earth from my hole I accidently found the empty tomb of James Lee Byars. I filled it completely with earth so it was kept secret.
Monday morning feels so bad
Everybody seems to nag you
Comin' Tuesday you feel better
Even your old man looks good
Wednesday just don't go
Thursday goes too slow
You've got Friday on your mind
Description
Friday on Your Mind is a one-year project by Danny Devos aka DDV for the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerpen. Every Friday DDV will visit various Master Programme Studios to discuss the work of participating students. Students are invited to participate to Friday on Your Mind by creating works in any discipline that are inspired by historic events listed for that day in DDV’s Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar, an ongoing project since 1985. Leaflets will be handed out every Friday and the listings will also be online here. The works will be featured in an exhibition that will show a timeline of events and inspired works created for this project.
No comments :
Post a Comment