Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 3 December 1894

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

The surgeon had been warned of the contingency and got his instruments ready. Nelson was cited as saying, as he pointed to his right arm “Doctor, I want to get rid of this useless piece of flesh here”. Nelson's operation was quick and aseptic. The limb was thrown over board despite the admiral's wish to keep it.
(25 July 1797)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 3rd of December 1894 130 years ago
Writer Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 44 in Villa Vailima, Vailima, Tuamasaga, Samoa.