Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 May 1990

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

In 1742 Swift suffered great pain from the inflammation of his left eye which swelled to the size of an egg; five attendants had to restrain him from tearing out his eye.
(19 October 1745)

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There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 16th of May 1990 36 years, 0 months and 15 days ago
Puppeteer, cartoonist, screenwriter and film director Jim James Maury Henson dies of organ dysfunction resulting from streptococcal toxic shock syndrome caused by Streptococcus pyogenes at the age of 54 in New York Hospital, New York City, New York, United States.