Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 22 June 1918

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

Baekeland became a recluse, eating all of his meals from cans and becoming obsessed with developing an immense tropical garden on his winter estate in Coconut Grove, Florida.
(23 February 1944)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Saturday 22nd of June 1918 108 years, 7 months and 7 days ago
104 Die in Hammond Circus Train collision in Ivanhoe Interlocking, Gary, Indiana, United States. Locomotive engineer Alonzo Sargent fell asleep and ran the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus train into the rear of a slower circus train. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammond_Circus_Train_Wreck