1. 458 BC: Aeschylus,a Greek playwright, was killed when an eagle dropped a live tortoise on him, mistaking his bald head for a stone. The tortoise survived.
2. 336 AD: Arius, the heretical priest who precipitated the Council of Nicea, passed wind and evacuated his internal organs.
3. 1322AD: Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford was [...]











