Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 11 April 1890

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Twenty-six soldiers were charged with criminal offenses, but only Calley was convicted. Found guilty of killing 22 villagers, he was originally given a life sentence but served only three and a half years under house arrest.
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Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 11th of April 1890 134 years ago He Wanted to Sleep Like Other People
Joseph Carey Merrick aka The Elephant Man dies of a dislocation of the vertebrae of the neck at the age of 28 in The London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Merrick had always slept sitting upright out of necessity, during the autopsy Dr. Frederick Treves came to the conclusion that he must have 'made the experiment', attempting to sleep lying down, trying to sleep like other people.