Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Ian Curtis across 4 places, from 1956 to 1980.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Ian Curtis is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Ian Curtis was documented, and when
15 July 1956exact date
Stretfordattested“Ian Kevin Curtis was born at the Memorial Hospital in Stretford on 15 July 1956, and grew up in a working-class household in Macclesfield.”source: Wikipedia: Ian Curtis
15 July 1956exact date
Macclesfieldattested“Ian Kevin Curtis was born at the Memorial Hospital in Stretford on 15 July 1956, and grew up in a working-class household in Macclesfield.”source: Wikipedia: Ian Curtis
15 July 1956exact date
Stretford Memorial Hospitalattested“Ian Kevin Curtis was born at the Memorial Hospital in Stretford on 15 July 1956, and grew up in a working-class household in Macclesfield.”source: Wikipedia: Ian Curtis
2 May 1980exact date
High Hallattested“Curtis's final live performance with Joy Division was on 2 May 1980 at the High Hall of the University of Birmingham and included Joy Division's first and only performance of "Ceremony", later recorded by New Order and released as their…”source: Wikipedia: Ian Curtis
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Places Ian Curtis is documented in
High Hall1 presence · 1980
Macclesfield1 presence · 1956
Stretford1 presence · 1956
Stretford Memorial Hospital1 presence · 1956
Other places tied to Ian Curtis in the record
In each of these, a source puts Ian Curtis and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Ian Curtis was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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July 1976month
Manchestermentioned“On the 20th of July 1976, Curtis attended the Sex Pistols gig at Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall, where he encountered three childhood school friends named Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Terry Mason.”source: Wikipedia: Ian Curtis
October 1979month
Londonmentioned“Curtis's widow, Deborah, has claimed that in October 1979, Curtis had an affair with the Belgian Annik Honoré, who had been working at the Belgian embassy in London before becoming a journalist and music promoter.”source: Wikipedia: Ian Curtis
April 1980month
Finsbury Park (area)mentioned“In one incident, at a concert held before almost 3,000 people at the Rainbow in Finsbury Park in April 1980, the lighting technicians at the venue – contrary to instructions given to them by Rob Gretton prior to the gig – switched on str…”source: Wikipedia: Ian Curtis
6 April 1980exact date
Charlesworth, Derbyshirementioned“Following Curtis's first definite suicide attempt on 6 April 1980, Tony Wilson and his partner, Lindsay – expressing deep concerns as to Joy Division's intense touring schedule being detrimental to Curtis's physical and mental well-being…”source: Wikipedia: Ian Curtis
6 April 1980exact date
Derbyshirementioned“Following Curtis's first definite suicide attempt on 6 April 1980, Tony Wilson and his partner, Lindsay – expressing deep concerns as to Joy Division's intense touring schedule being detrimental to Curtis's physical and mental well-being…”source: Wikipedia: Ian Curtis
23 May 1980exact date
Macclesfieldmentioned“Curtis's body was cremated at Macclesfield Crematorium on 23 May 1980, and his ashes were buried at Macclesfield Cemetery.”source: Wikipedia: Ian Curtis
23 May 1980exact date
Macclesfield Cemeterymentioned“Curtis's body was cremated at Macclesfield Crematorium on 23 May 1980, and his ashes were buried at Macclesfield Cemetery.”source: Wikipedia: Ian Curtis
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