Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 19 April 1906

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

Stevenson was dragged from her house, raped and lynched because her son was suspected of the arson of Gabe Frank’s barn. The gruesomely scene was witnessed by thousands and thousands of passengers who traveled in and out of the city the next morning. Stevenson's body was left hanging until Friday morning.
(8 December 1915)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 19th of April 1906 119 years ago
Magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity pioneer Pierre Curie has his skull crushed by a horse drawn cart as he slipped in the street at the age of 47 in Rue Dauphine, VIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.