Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 25 August 1900

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

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 (-) Saturday 25th of August 1900 125 years ago Kam Der Wille zur Macht Zu Ende
Philosopher and philologist Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche dies due to manic-depressive illness with periodic psychosis followed by vascular dementia at the age of 56 in Weimar, Thüringen, Germany.
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