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

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In January 1936 Damiaan's body was returned to Belgium. He was buried in Leuven. After his beatification in June 1995 the remains of his right hand were returned to Hawaii and re-interred in his original grave on Molokai.
(15 April 1889)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 6th of May 1862 164 years, 8 months and 5 days ago
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".