Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 October 1846

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Two IRA member were unarmed when killed and a civilian was also killed and another wounded by the SAS after unwittingly driving into the ambush zone and being mistaken for IRA attackers.
(10 May 1987)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 16th of October 1846 178 years ago It Was Ether Day
After administration of ether by local dentist William Thomas Green Morton, MGH Chief of Surgery, John Collins Warren painlessly removed a tumor from the neck of local printer Edward Gilbert Abbott in Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Since then the date is known as 'Ether Day'. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ether_Dome