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Slotin died 9 days later; the other people in the room observing the experiment survived. [122] [123] Thomas Mantell: 7 January 1948: The 25-year-old P-51 Mustang fighter pilot crashed while in pursuit of an unidentified flying object near Franklin, Kentucky, thus becoming the first person known to have died as a result of a UFO sighting.
This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources. The death of Aeschylus , killed by a tortoise dropped onto his head by an eagle , illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [ 1 ]
The 94-year-old British lighthouse keeper died several days after fighting a fire at Rudyerd's Tower, during which molten lead from the roof fell down his throat. His autopsy revealed that "the diaphragmatic upper mouth of the stomach greatly inflamed and ulcerated, and the tuncia in the lower part of the stomach burnt; and from the great ...
200 rare vintage baby names for boys and girls: Names that are classic, cool and unusual. ... TODAY.com scoured the lists of baby names over the past 140 years to find these vintage names that ...
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The Olympic champion wrestler's hands reportedly became trapped when he tried to split a tree apart; he was then devoured by wolves (or, in later versions, lions). [13] [14] [15] Zeuxis: 5th century BC The Greek painter died of laughter while painting an elderly woman. [7] [16]: 105 Anacreon: c. 485 BC
Many parents are on the hunt for rare and unusual baby names these days. If you grew up as "Jennifer S." or "Chris W. — no, not that Chris W., the other one," you might be especially inclined to ...
Name of person Image Date of death Details Li Bai: 762: According to popular legend, the Chinese poet got drunk while riding his boat along the Yangtze River and tried to hug the moon's reflection. He then fell off and drowned. [1] [2] Louis III of France: 5 August 882: The king of West Francia died aged around 18 at Saint-Denis.