Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 15 April 1889

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

Hauptmann attempted to get away by ignoring red lights and traveling at high speed. As the chase continued Hauptmann was accidentally boxed in by a municipal sprinkler truck between 178th Street and East Tremont Avenue.
(19 September 1934)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 15th of April 1889 135 years ago
Catholic priest and missionary Father Damiaan born as Jozef De Veuster aka The Apostle of the Lepers dies of leprosy at the age of 49 in Kalaupapa, Hawaii, United States. In January 1936 Damiaan's body was returned to Belgium. He was buried in Leuven. After his beatification in June 1995 the remains of his right hand were returned to Hawaii and re-interred in his original grave on Molokai.