Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 October 1846

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Faulkner killed 13-year-old George Burnham on 15th February by cruelly beating him to death for no other cause than to revenge his mother having thrown some dirty water upon him.
(13 July 1807)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 16th of October 1846 180 years, 7 months and 30 days ago
After administration of ether by local dentist William Thomas Green Morton, MGH Chief of Surgery, John Collins Warren painlessly removed a tumor from the neck of local printer Edward Gilbert Abbott in Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Since then the date is known as 'Ether Day'. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ether_Dome