Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 20 May 1509

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During the time Henry was being tried Louisiana changed its method of execution from hanging to death by electrocution. Henry was executed within the basement of the Lake Charles Prison in Louisiana's portable electric chair which had been brought by truck from Angola the previous day. Henry was the only woman executed in Louisiana's electric chair.
(28 November 1942)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 20th of May 1509 517 years, 9 months and 28 days ago
Explorer, navigator, cartographer and captain Christophorus Columbus dies of Reiter's syndrome at the age of 58 in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain.