Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 18 May 1936

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The bullet had entered Nelson's left shoulder, passed through his spine at the sixth and seventh thoracic vertebrae, and lodged 5 cm below his right shoulder blade in the muscles of his back. "Hardy, I do believe they have done it at last… my backbone is shot through."
(21 October 1805)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Monday 18th of May 1936 88 years ago She Couldn't Take His Body with Her
31-year-old Geisha, prostitute, actress and murderess Sada Abe strangles her lover Kichizo Ishida and cuts off his penis and testicles in Ogu, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan. "Because I couldn't take his head or body with me. I wanted to take the part of him that brought back to me the most vivid memories."