Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 21 November 1811

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During his torture Lorenzo cried out "This side’s done, turn me over and have a bite". This is the legend often quoted explaining why San Lorenzo is the Patron Saint of comedians, butchers and roasters.
(10 August 258)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 21st of November 1811 215 years, 2 months and 6 days ago
Poet and writer Heinrich Bernd Wilhelm von Kleist commits suicide by a shot in his mouth at the age of 34 in Stolper Loch, Wannsee, Berlin, Berlin, Germany. von Kleist first shot terminally ill 31-year-old Henriette Vogel, with whose intellectual accomplishments he was captivated.