Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 27 August 2019

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Sheppard's slight build had aided his previous prison escapes but it condemned him to a slow death by strangulation from the hangman's noose.
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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 27th of August 2019 5 years ago There Was an Object on the Desert
Race car driver and TV personality Jessi Jessica M. Combs aka the fastest woman on four wheels dies after crashing a jet-powered high-speed race car at the speed of 841,338 km/ph at the age of 39 in Alvord Desert, Oregon, United States. Combs was attempting to better her four-wheel land speed record. Combs's car crashed due to "a mechanical failure of the front wheel" which was "most likely caused from striking an object on the desert".