Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 27 May 1827

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

Turner died in the house of his mistress Sophia Caroline Booth. His last words were "The sun is God."
(19 December 1851)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Sunday 27th of May 1827 197 years ago
18-year-old writer of mystery and the macabre Edgar Allan Poe enlists in the US Army as private Edgar A. Perry in Fort Independence, Castle Island, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Poe claimed he was 22 years old even though he was 18 and first served at Fort Independence for five dollars a month.