Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 15 August 1905

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Bernhardt reportedly refused a $10.000 offer by a showman to display her amputated leg as a medical curiosity. In December 2008 the leg was found in the basement of the Faculty of Medicine in Bordeaux.
(22 February 1915)

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There are 3280 births, 3745 deaths, 1078 murders, 486 disasters and 1924 other events about 5564 people in 6143 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 15th of August 1905 115 years ago
Multiple murderer Arthur Devereux is executed by hanging by Henry Pierrepoint at the age of 24 in HM Prison Pentonville, Caledonian Road, Islington, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Devereux killed his 25-year-old wife Beatrice Ellen Maud and their 2-year-old twins Evelyn and Lawrence.