Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 3 October 1849

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

A note hidden in Gros' hat read: "Las de la vie, et trahi par les dernières facultés qui la lui rendaient supportable, il avait résolu de s’en défaire."
(25 June 1835)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

There are 3365 births, 3925 deaths, 1121 murders, 497 disasters and 2076 other events about 5723 people in 6427 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 3rd of October 1849 176 years ago
40-year-old writer of mystery and the macabre Edgar Allan Poe is found on the streets of Baltimore by Joseph W. Walker, delirious and "in great distress, and... in need of immediate assistance" in East Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Poe was taken to the Washington Medical College where he died on 7 October 1849.