Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 9 September 1898

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

Bernhardt reportedly refused a $10.000 offer by a showman to display her amputated leg as a medical curiosity. In December 2008 the leg was found in the basement of the Faculty of Medicine in Bordeaux.
(22 February 1915)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 9th of September 1898 128 years, 4 months and 25 days ago
Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé born as Étienne Mallarmé dies of a spasm of the larynx at the age of 56 in Vulaines-sur-Seine, Seine-et-Marne, France.