Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 26 September 2003

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

Robinson fell through the rope on the first attempt to hang him, then painfully strangled to death on the second try. It is commonly thought — thought there does not appear to be any direct evidence for it — that this nationally infamous body-under-the-floorboards murder helped to inspire Edgar Allan Poe‘s classic short story 'The Tell-Tale Heart'.
(16 April 1841)

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There are 3363 births, 3916 deaths, 1121 murders, 495 disasters and 2074 other events about 5717 people in 6421 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 26th of September 2003 22 years ago
Murderer Joseph Earl Bates is executed by lethal injection at the age of 35 in Raleigh State Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Bates' last meal request was for fried pork chops, French fries, hush puppies, apple pie, a Pepsi and a Dr. Pepper.