Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 12 July 1817

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Kappler was diagnosed with terminal cancer. His wife and qualified nurse Anneliese carried him out in a large suitcase (he weighed about 47 kg at the time) and drove him straight to Germany in a red Fiat automobile. Six months after his escape Kappler died at home.
(15 August 1977)

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BirthFactDeath (+) Saturday 12th of July 1817 209 years, 8 months and 8 days ago
Writer, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister and transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau is born in Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse, Concord, Massachusetts, United States.