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Source: List of unusual deaths - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | en.wikipedia.org
Description: John Kendrick, an American sea captain and explorer, was killed in the Hawaiian Islands when a British ship mistakenly used a loaded cannon to fire a salute to Kendrick's vessel.
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In 1871, politician Clement Vallandigham was demonstrating a gun technique in a courtroom & actually shot himself to death!
# 458 BC: Aeschylus,a Greek playwright, was killed when an eagle dropped a live tortoise on him, mistaking his bald head MORE?
