Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 19 December 1851

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

40 individuals jumped to escape the conditions inside and in failed attempts to grasp unreachable fire ladders. None of these jumpers survived.
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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 19th of December 1851 173 years ago the Sun was God
Romantic landscape painter William Joseph Mallord Turner dies of natural causes at the age of 76 in 119 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Turner died in the house of his mistress Sophia Caroline Booth. His last words were "The sun is God."