Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 19 January 1809

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Bernhardt reportedly refused a $10.000 offer by a showman to display her amputated leg as a medical curiosity. In December 2008 the leg was found in the basement of the Faculty of Medicine in Bordeaux.
(22 February 1915)

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BirthFactDeath (+) Thursday 19th of January 1809 215 years ago
Writer of mystery and the macabre Edgar Allan Poe is born in 62 Carver Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.