Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 August 1899

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

Although Curie's many decades of exposure to radiation caused chronic illnesses, including near-blindness due to cataracts and ultimately her death, she never really acknowledged the health risks of radiation exposure.
(4 July 1934)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 16th of August 1899 126 years ago
Chemist Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen dies of natural causes at the age of 88 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.