historia mundi;

on the evening of monday, 8 december 1980, lennon was shot and killed by mark david chapman in the archway of the dakota, his residence in new york city. lennon had just returned from record plant studio with his wife, yoko ono. after sustaining four major gunshot wounds, lennon was pronounced dead on arrival at roosevelt hospital.(...) the surgeon noted—as did other witnesses—that a beatles song ("all my loving") came over the hospital's sound system at the moment lennon was pronounced dead. (x)

mozart died in his home on 5 December 1791 (aged 35) at 12:55 am. the new grove describes his funeral: “mozart was interred in a common grave, in accordance with contemporary viennese custom, at the st. marx cemetery outside the city on 7 december. if, as later reports say, no mourners attended, that too is consistent with viennese burial customs at the time (...). the tale of a storm and snow is false; the day was calm and mild.” (x)