It may also have been a fabrication as Stanley tore out of his diary the pages relating to the encounter. Neither man mentioned it in any of the letters they wrote at this time. Livingstone's account of the encounter does not mention these words. (10 November 1871)
There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.
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Sunday 29th of October 1911 (-) — Newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer dies of unknown causes. Pulitzer listened to his German secretary read aloud about King Louis XI of France. As the secretary neared the end Pulitzer said: "Leise, ganz leise" and died.
Sunday 6th of February 1955 (+) — Victim of Timothy Spencer aka The Southside Strangler Susan Hellams is born.