Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 1 May 1873

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

The robbers collected government bonds worth $42,000 to $45,000, $518 in tax stamps, gold, silver coins, and banknotes. 19-year-old student George 'Jolly' Wymore was killed by a bullet across the street as the robbers rode away.
(13 February 1866)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 1st of May 1873 152 years ago His Heart Belonged to a Tree
Explorer and pioneer medical missionary David Livingstone dies of malaria and internal bleeding caused by dysentery at the age of 60 in Chief Chitambo's Village, Ilala, Zambia. Livingstone's heart was buried under a Mvula tree near the spot where he died, now the site of the Livingstone Memorial.