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

According to studies by the musicologist and literary scholar Eric Sams, Schumann's symptoms during his terminal illness and death appear consistent with those of mercury poisoning, mercury at this time being a common treatment for syphilis and other conditions.
(29 July 1856)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

There are 3366 births, 3926 deaths, 1121 murders, 497 disasters and 2076 other events about 5724 people in 6428 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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Roslin Institute

Easter Bush, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Related events:

Friday 5th of July 1996 (+) — The first succesfully cloned sheep Dolly is born
Dolly's birth was only announced in February 1997.
Friday 14th of February 2003 (-) — The first succesfully cloned sheep Dolly dies of a progressive lung disease and severe arthritis
Dolly's stuffed remains are at the National Museum of Scotland.