Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on 2 July. The bullet wound was probed with unwashed fingers by doctors trying to find the bullet. (19 September 1881)
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Tuesday 15th of April 1986 (-) — Writer, thief and political activist Jean Genet dies of throat cancer. Genet is buried in the Spanish Cemetery in Larache, Morocco.