| 1849/10/04 |
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Dr John J Moran treats Poe in a room in one of the towers at WUH where drunk people are under care. Dr Moran decides that Poe is not drunk and has not been drinking. At one point, Poe refuses a glass of brandy offered as a stimulant. |
Church Home Building |
Baltimore, MD |
Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe |
| 1865/04/14 |
Dr Charles A Leale |
Physician |
Dr Charles Leale tends to Abraham Lincoln, sending others for brandy and water. |
Ford's Theatre National Historic Site |
Washington, DC |
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln |
| 1885/00/00 |
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In the 1880s, a baboon works as a signalman for nine years on a South African railroad. He is paid in brandy and doesn't make mistakes. |
South Africa |
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| 1912/04/15 |
Benjamin Guggenheim |
Lost at Sea |
Guggenheim and his valet, Victor Giglio, are last seen seated in deck chairs in the foyer of the Grand Staircase sipping brandy and smoking cigars, ready to accept their fate. Both men went down with the ship. Their bodies were never identified. |
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Sinking of the RMS Titanic |