Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 19 August 2008

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Davis often smoked four packs of cigarettes a day as an adult. When told that laryngectomy offered him the best chance of survival Davis replied he would rather keep his voice than have a part of his throat removed; he subsequently was treated with a combination of chemotherapy and radiation. His entire larynx however was ultimately removed during surgery in March 1990.
(16 May 1990)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Tuesday 19th of August 2008 18 years, 5 months and 10 days ago
52-year-old serial killer Egidius Schiffer aka Der Würger von Aachen is sentenced to life imprisonment for five murders in Landgericht, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.