Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 29 July 1974

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"I felt attached to Ishida's penis and thought that only after taking leave from it quietly could I then die. I unwrapped the paper holding them and gazed at his penis and scrotum. I put his penis in my mouth and even tried to insert it inside me... It didn't work however though I kept trying and trying." After her arrest, Ishida's penis and testicles were moved to Tokyo University Medical School's pathology museum. They were put on public display not long after the end of World War II, but they have since disappeared.
(20 May 1936)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 29th of July 1974 50 years ago She Didn't Choke in a Ham Sandwich
Singer-songwriter Cass Elliot born as Ellen Naomi Cohen aka Mama Cass dies of heart failure due to fatty myocardial degeneration due to obesity at the age of 33 in Flat 12, 9 Curzon Square, Mayfair, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. There is an urban legend that Elliot choked to death in a ham sandwich. The Who drummer Keith Moon died of a drug overdose also at 32 years old in the same flat four years later.