Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 6 May 1862

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

The accident was caused by a single fatigue crack in one wheel which, when it finally failed, caused the train to derail at a switch.
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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 6th of May 1862 164 years, 8 months and 23 days ago
Writer, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister and transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau dies of tuberculosis at the age of 45 in Concord, Massachusetts, United States. Thoreau's last words were "Now comes good sailing" followed by two lone words, "moose" and "Indian".