Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 18 October 1931

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Baekeland became a recluse, eating all of his meals from cans and becoming obsessed with developing an immense tropical garden on his winter estate in Coconut Grove, Florida.
(23 February 1944)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 18th of October 1931 93 years ago His Last Breath Was Saved as a Memento
Inventor Thomas Alva Edison aka The Wizard of Menlo Park dies of complications from diabetes at the age of 84 in Glenmont, Llewellyn Park, West Orange, New Jersey, United States. Edison's last breath is reportedly contained in a test tube at The Henry Ford Museum near Detroit. Ford reportedly convinced Charles Edison to seal a test tube of air in the inventor's room shortly after his death as a memento.