Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 11 December 1920

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

Lawson, strapped into a wooden chair and wearing only white boxer shorts, a diaper and socks, began yelling after his executioners placed a leather mask over his face. His words were not clear through the double-paned windows of the death chamber but he seemed to scream "I'm human! I'm human!" as the airtight door to the room was clamped shut.
(15 June 1994)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Saturday 11th of December 1920 105 years ago The Elesir Was Blood
During a performance of 'L'elisir d'amore' by Donizetti, 47-year-old tenor Enrico Caruso suffers a throat haemorrhage and starts bleeding heavily from the mouth in Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States. Caruso's performance was canceled at the end of Act 1.