Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 19 November 1954

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

Wood was executed with a combination of midazolam and hydromorphone. The execution began at 1:52 p.m. and ended at 3:49 p.m. when Wood was pronounced dead. Wood gasped and snorted for well over an hour, and a media witness compared Wood's breathing to a "fish gulping for air". An Associated Press reporter said Wood gasped more than 600 times.
(23 July 2014)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 19th of November 1954 70 years ago The Bullet-Shaped Horn Button Took His Left Eye
29-year-old actor, singer and entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. loses his left eye to the bullet-shaped horn button (a standard feature in 1954 and 1955 Cadillacs) in an automobile accident in Cajon Boulevard and Kendall Drive, San Bernardino, California, United States. Davis wore an eye patch for at least six months following the accident. Later he was fitted for a glass eye which he wore for the rest of his life.