Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 October 1791

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

Two days before Long was scheduled to be executed he took an overdose of prescription drugs and was hospitalized in Galveston, Texas. Officials in Texas refused to delay the execution. Initially placed on a ventilator, Long improved significantly by the next day. He was placed on a medically supervised flight back to Huntsville on the day of his scheduled execution so that he could be executed as scheduled.
(8 December 1999)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 16th of October 1791 235 years, 6 months and 16 days ago
Russian military leader and statesman Grigory Potemkin born as Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tavricheski dies of fever at the age of 52 in Iași, Moldavia, Romania. Supposedly Potemkin overate on a ham, a slated goose and three or four chickens.