Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 19 May 1972

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 1991

There are 3384 births, 3950 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2084 other events about 5737 people in 6452 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 19th of May 1972 54 years, 3 months and 19 days ago
17 people are injured in a bomb attack by die Rote Armee Fraktion aka Baader-Meinhof Gruppe in Axel Springer Hochhaus, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße 20, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. The 2 Juni Kommando claimed responsability for the attack.