Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 19 June 1959

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

Lawson, strapped into a wooden chair and wearing only white boxer shorts, a diaper and socks, began yelling after his executioners placed a leather mask over his face. His words were not clear through the double-paned windows of the death chamber but he seemed to scream "I'm human! I'm human!" as the airtight door to the room was clamped shut.
(15 June 1994)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1987

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 19th of June 1959 66 years ago
22-year-old serial killer Heinrich Pommerenke aka The Beast of the Black Forest is arrested in Bahnhofsvorplatz, Hornberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Pommerenke was recognised in a tailorshop where he left behind a suitcase full of pornography and a sawn-off shotgun.