Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 12 May 1884

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

Stroud was incarcerated for the last 54 years of his life, of which 42 were spent in solitary confinement. Because of Stroud's contributions to the field of ornithology, he gained a large following of thousands of bird breeders, and poultry raisers who demanded his release and for many years a 'Committee to Release Robert F. Stroud' campaigned to have Stroud released from prison. Because Stroud had killed a federal officer his punishment in solitary confinement remained intact.
(21 November 1963)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 12th of May 1884 141 years ago
Composer Bedřich Smetana dies of physical and mental decline due to syphilis at the age of 60 in Kateřinky Lunatic Asylum, Praha, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia.