Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 13 May 1981

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Burke was hanged in front of a crowd possibly as large as 25.000; views from windows in the tenements overlooking the scaffold were hired at prices ranging from 5 to 20 shillings. Burke's skeleton was given to the Anatomical Museum of the Edinburgh Medical School where it remains. His death mask and a book said to be bound with his tanned skin can be seen at Surgeons' Hall Museum.
(28 January 1829)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 13th of May 1981 43 years ago
61-year-old Ioannes Paulus II, originally Karol Józef Wojtyła is shot and wounded by 24-year-old Mehmet Ali Ağca in Piazza San Pietro, Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy. The Pope was struck four times and suffered severe blood loss. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_assassination_attempt