Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
The Princess Alice split in two and sank within four minutes.
(3 September 1878)
There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 16th of October 1846 180 years, 5 months and 22 days ago |
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 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 |
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