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Gee was the first man ever to be executed by cyanide gas. Officials first attempted to pump poison gas directly into Gee's cell while he was sleeping without success because the gas leaked from the cell. Later a makeshift gas chamber was set up at the butcher shop of the prison. At least one cat was used to test the lethal effectiveness of the chamber.
(8 February 1924)
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BirthFactDeath (+) Sunday 23rd of April 1775 250 years ago |
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 Romantic landscape painter William Joseph Mallord Turner is born in Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. It is generally believed Turner was born between late April and early May. Turner himself claimed he was born on 23 April but there is no proof. |
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