Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 27 August 1871

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Eyewitnesses to an incident at Houdini's dressing room in the Princess Theatre in Montreal gave rise to speculation that Houdini's death was caused by McGill University student Joselyn Gordon Whitehead who delivered a surprise attack of multiple blows to Houdini's abdomen.
(31 October 1926)

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There are 3359 births, 3911 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (+) Sunday 27th of August 1871 153 years ago
Naturalist writer Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser is born in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States.