Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 15 December 1855

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

The fire reduced the work to ashes, leaving only its Baroque frame. An unidentified man was arrested and said his reason for destroying this priceless work was to protest environmental pollution.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Saturday 15th of December 1855 169 years ago
31-year-old serial poisoner William Palmer aka The Prince of Poisoners is arrested and charged with the poisoning of John Parsons Cook in Rugeley, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. When detained at Stafford Gaol Palmer threatened to go on hunger strike but backed down when the governor informed him that this would lead to him being force fed.