Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 4 February 1880

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

Keaton acquired the nickname 'Buster' at about eighteen months of age when Harry Houdini saw the young Keaton take a tumble down a long flight of stairs without injury. After the infant sat up and shook off his experience Houdini remarked "That was a real buster!"
(4 October 1895)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 4th of February 1880 146 years, 0 months and 21 days ago
69-year-old James Donnelly, his 60-year-old wife Johannah, and their children 26-year-old Thomas and 32-year-old John and their niece Bridget are killed with clubs, spades, axes and gunfire by 25 members of the ‘Whiteboys’ Northern Division in Lucan, Ontario, Canada. After the Whiteboys had committed their bloody work they burned the house to the ground. A small boy named Conner took refuge under the bed and escaped unhurt.