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mahatmakanejeeves

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Wed Nov 9, 2022, 01:00 PM Nov 2022

On this day, November 9, 1853, architect Stanford White was born.

Architect Stanford White was #BornOnThisDay, Nov. 9, 1853. In 1906, White (age 52) was shot & killed by Harry Thaw, over the alleged rape of Thaw's wife, actress Evelyn Nesbit; resulting in Thaw's murder trial, dubbed by the press as "The Trial of the Century" #RIP #GoneTooSoon


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