Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 30 March 1912

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According to claims disputed by Consolidated Edison, Metesky's accident led to pneumonia that in turn developed into tuberculosis. A claim for workers' compensation was denied because he waited too long to file it. Three appeals of the denial were also rejected, the last in 1936. Metesky developed a hatred for the company's attorneys and for the three co-workers whose testimony in his compensation case he believed was perjured in favor of the company. Between 1940 and 1956 Metesky planted at least 33 bombs, of which 22 exploded.
(5 September 1931)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 30th of March 1912 113 years ago He Carried Excessive Quantities of Heavy Metal
Writer Karl Friedrich May dies of acute bronchitis at the age of 70 in Radebeul, Sachsen, Germany. Scientists examining the remains of May in 2014 found excessive quantities of lead and other heavy metals and concluded that his death was probably due to a long-time exposure to lead in water as well as tobacco.
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