Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 18 December 1892

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 1990

There are 3369 births, 3934 deaths, 1121 murders, 498 disasters and 2076 other events about 5727 people in 6434 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Sunday 18th of December 1892 133 years ago
First performance of the ballet 'The Nutcracker' by 52-year-old composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Northwestern Federal District, Russia. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker