Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 6 May 1862

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

The public hanging of Müller took place amid scenes of drunkenness and disorderly conduct by 50.000 spectators.
(14 November 1864)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 6th of May 1862 162 years ago Came Good Sailing
Writer, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister and transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau dies of tuberculosis at the age of 45 in Concord, Massachusetts, United States. Thoreau's last words were "Now comes good sailing" followed by two lone words, "moose" and "Indian".