Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 22 October 1879

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According to Sheppard he was sleeping soundly on a daybed when he heard the cries from his wife. He ran upstairs where he saw a form in the bedroom and then he was knocked unconscious. When he awoke he saw the person downstairs, chased the intruder out of the house down to the beach where they tussled and Sheppard was knocked unconscious again. He awoke with half his body in the lake. Sheppard was sentenced to life in prison and spent 10 years in prison before he was acquitted after a retrial.
(4 July 1954)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 22nd of October 1879 147 years, 8 months and 7 days ago
32-year-old inventor Thomas Edison aka The Wizard of Menlo Park tests the first incandescent light bulb in Menlo Park, Raritan Township, New Jersey, United States. Edison's lamp burned for 13 1/2 hours.