Extremely superstitious, Arnold Schoenberg dreaded the number 13...and as he feared, he died Friday the 13th in his 67th year.
All in Death
Extremely superstitious, Arnold Schoenberg dreaded the number 13...and as he feared, he died Friday the 13th in his 67th year.
It was an excellent swimmer, but rather clumsy on land, which made it easy prey for eagles, polar bears and humans.
In 1983, a 100-foot section of the Mianus River Bridge collapsed and 4 vehicles plunged into the shallow water below.
Jean-Baptiste Lully, the Italian composer whose fast-tempoed music livened up the court of France's Louis XIV, died on this day after a 3-month battle with an infection that started with a smashed toe.
It was on this day that an Austrian tailor/inventor fell to his death from the Eiffel Tower.
Her legendary mastery of the Cancan combined with her wild and unrestrained antics made her the toast of Paris!