Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 April 1828

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Horn was one of the few people to have been hanged by a water-powered gallows known as the 'Julian Gallows', designed by Cheyenne architect James P. Julian. On the scaffold Horn shouted: “Ain’t losing your nerve are you, Joe?”.
(20 November 1903)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 16th of April 1828 198 years, 10 months and 24 days ago
Painter and printmaker Francisco Goya born as Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes dies of complications from a stroke at the age of 82 in Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Goya's body was later re-interred in Spain.