Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 31 August 1867

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

A ransom note was received, demanding $17 million in exchange for Getty's safe return. When that ransom message arrived, some family members suspected the kidnapping was merely a ploy by the rebellious youngster as he had frequently joked about staging his own kidnapping to extract money from his frugal grandfather.
(10 July 1973)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 31st of August 1867 159 years, 5 months and 5 days ago
Poet and art critic Charles Pierre Baudelaire dies of paresis of the brain due to syphilis at the age of 46 in 1 Rue du Dôme, XVIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.