Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 May 1903

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

On the same day Purrington killed his wife Elizabeth, and seven of his eight children; 19-year-old Polly, 15-year-old Martha, 12-year-old Benjamin, 10-year-old Anna, 8-year-old Nathaniel, 6-year-old Nathan and 2-year-old Louisa. The Sunday before his death he wrote to his brother that on the reception of the letter he should be dead and requesting him to take charge of his family.
(8 July 1806)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 8th of May 1903 122 years ago
Painter Paul Eugène Henri Gauguin dies of an overdose of laudanum at the age of 55 in Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Gauguin had been suffering from syphilis for several years involving pain in the legs, heart palpitations, and general debility.