Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 3 January 1496

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Williams hired college student Charles Carr to drive him to a concert on New Year's Day at the Windsor Theater in Canton, Ohio when Williams was discovered unresponsive in the back seat. The only items found in the backseat of Williams' 1952 Cadillac were a few cans of beer and the hand-written lyrics to an unrecorded song 'Then Came that Fateful Day'. The cause of death was heart failure caused by the combination of alcohol, morphine and chloral hydrate.
(1 January 1953)

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There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 3rd of January 1496 530 years, 3 months and 14 days ago
44-year-old artist, scientist, engineer, mathematician, inventor and polymath Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine in Monte Ceceri, Fiesole, Toscana, Italy.