Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
Kemmler was sentenced to death and became the first man to be executed by use of the electric chair, a device invented in 1881 by Buffalo dentist Alfred Southwick which, after nine years of development and legislation, was ready for use.
(29 March 1889)
There are 3366 births, 3930 deaths, 1121 murders, 498 disasters and 2076 other events about 5724 people in 6431 places until today.
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BirthFactDeath (+) Thursday 24th of March 1887 138 years ago |
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 Actor Roscoe Conkling 'Fatty' Arbuckle aka The Heavy-Weight Rapist is born in Smith Center, Kansas, United States. Arbuckle weighed in excess of 5.9 kg at birth and as both parents had slim builds his father believed the child was not his. |
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