Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 12 October 1980

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

The first blow short-circuited because of a number of needles Fish had inserted in his scrotum during his lifetime. He was the oldest man ever to be executed in Sing Sing. Fish' last words were reportedly "I don't even know why I'm here."
(16 January 1936)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Sunday 12th of October 1980 45 years ago
34-year-old mass murderer Freddy Horion aka De Zonnebril tries to escape from prison by use of a replica handgun made out of breadcrumb in De Nieuwe Wandeling, Nieuwewandeling 89, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Horion was caught on the roof of the prison.
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