Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 15 April 1829

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Sheppard's slight build had aided his previous prison escapes but it condemned him to a slow death by strangulation from the hangman's noose.
(16 November 1724)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 15th of April 1829 196 years ago
20-year-old writer of mystery and the macabre Edgar Allan Poe is discharged from the US Army in Fort Moultrie, Charleston, South Carolina, United States.