Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 26 February 1943

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

On the day of his execution Wilkerson refused to leave his cell at the Terrell Unit prison near Livingston. Guards were forced to use Mace-like gas and carry him to and from the death van that took him to the Hunstville Unit. After the drugs were administered Wilkerson spit out an inch-and-a-half universal handcuff and leg restraint key.
(14 March 2000)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 26th of February 1943 82 years ago
SS-Obergruppenführer and first commander of Dachau-KZ Theodor Eicke dies as his Fieseler Fi 156 Storch aircraft is shot down by Soviet troops at the age of 51 in Artelnoje, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.