Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 4 December 1974

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According to studies by the musicologist and literary scholar Eric Sams, Schumann's symptoms during his terminal illness and death appear consistent with those of mercury poisoning, mercury at this time being a common treatment for syphilis and other conditions.
(29 July 1856)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 4th of December 1974 52 years, 10 months and 22 days ago
69-year-old writer, philosopher, political activist and critic Jean-Paul Sartre pays a visit to imprisoned member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Andreas Baader in Justizvollzugsanstalt Stammheim, Asperger Straße 60, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.