Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 15 April 1942

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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 (-) Wednesday 15th of April 1942 84 years, 8 months and 26 days ago
Modernist writer Robert Mathias Musil dies of a stroke at the age of 62 in Genève, Romandie, Switzerland. Only eight people attended Musil's cremation.