Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 25 February 1980

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

After a long council, albeit with plenty of alcohol Alexander was desperate to return to his queen. Although everyone advised him not to make the 8-mile journey at nightfall with a storm approaching he rode off into the night. The next morning he was found with a broken neck having been thrown off his horse.
(19 March 1286)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Monday 25th of February 1980 45 years ago
65-year-old literary theorist, philosopher, linguist and semiotician Roland Barthes is hit by a laundry van in Rue des Écoles, Ve, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Barthes died on 26 March from the chest injuries he sustained in that collision.
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