Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 17 December 1909

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

Einstein refused surgery, saying: "I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly."
(18 April 1955)

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There are 3347 births, 3887 deaths, 1122 murders, 492 disasters and 2023 other events about 5697 people in 6344 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 17th of December 1909 115 years ago
2nd King of Belgium Leopold II born as Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 74 in Château de Laeken, Laeken, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium.