BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)

41st year  -  N° 118                 Tuesday, 28 April 2026         Antwerpen		
Where's Your Head At?
BirthFactDeath (-)
Tuesday 6th of May 1862
164 years, 11 months and 22 days ago




Writer, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister and transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau dies of tuberculosis at the age of 45 in Concord, Massachusetts, United States.


Thoreau's last words were "Now comes good sailing" followed by two lone words, "moose" and "Indian".