Death-a-Day

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In 1471, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, served both sides of the War of the Roses.

In 1578, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Married Mary, Queen of Scots after the murder of her second husband.

In 1865, Abraham Lincoln dies from being shot.

In 1912, The RMS Titanic sinks.

In 1912, Bram Stoker died.

In 1999, 13 people were killed in the Columbine High School massacre before both killers killed themselves.

In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and causing a massive oil spill.

In 1509, Henry VII of England died.

In 1616, William Shakespeare died.

In 1521, Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese sailor and explorer, was killed in the Philippines during his voyage.

In 1945, at the end of World War II, Adolf Hitler and his wife Eva Braun commit suicide less than 40 hours after their marriage.

Till death do we part. Indeed.

May 1) Grace Lee Whitney (actress, singer) passed away in 2015 from natural causes.

^Right. In fact, the day after:

Joseph Goebbels and his wife also committed suicide. Sadly, his wife killed their children with cyanide pills.

^ i remember that scene from the movie downfall...ouch.

IIRC, goebbels tried to have himself cremated as Hitler did, but the fuhrer and eva used up most of the gasoline themselves, so when it was goebbel's "turn", he ended up only badly charred instead of being ashed completely.

anwyay, ivan turina, croatian footballer. passed away may 2, 2013. cardiac disrythmia.

In 1519, Leonardo da Vinci passed away.

In 1957, U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy.

In 2011, Osama bin Laden!

In 1471, Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales and only son of Henry VI of England, was killed in the Battle of Tewkesbury.

In 1971, Moe Howard of The Three Stooges.

In 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, died in exile on the island of Saint Helena.

In 1910, King Edward VII of the United Kingdom died.

In 1774, King Louis XV of France died.

In 1863, General Stonewall Jackson dies of pneumonia 8 days after being wounded by friendly fire.

In 1521, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham was executed.

In 1536, George Boleyn, Anne Boleyn's brother, William Bremerton, Henry Norris, Mark Seaton, and Francis Weston were all executed.

In 1727, Catherine I of Russia died.