Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 15 December 1944

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Cannon was with Albert Kessel the first man to die in the Gas Chamber. Cannon's death took 12 minutes.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 15th of December 1944 81 years ago His Carburetor Iced Up
40-year-old trombonist, arranger, composer and bandleader Glenn Miller departs with his a single-engine UC-64 Norseman airplane for Paris in RAF Twinwood Farm, Bedford, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom. Miller's plane probably crashed above the English Channel because of its carburetor which was of a type known to ice up in cold weather.