Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 31 July 1968

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

Edison's last breath is reportedly contained in a test tube at The Henry Ford Museum near Detroit. Ford reportedly convinced Charles Edison to seal a test tube of air in the inventor's room shortly after his death as a memento.
(18 October 1931)

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Wednesday 31st of July 1968

57 years ago

Brian Howe is strangled by child killer Mary Bell aka Child of Hell at the age of 3 in Scotswood, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.

After the murder Bell returned to Brian’s body to further mutilate it, carving an 'M' onto his stomach, puncturing his thighs with a pair of scissors and wounding his genital area.