Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 28 April 1918

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

William A. Miller and Harold Stites were killed by Marvin Hubbard, Bernard Coy and Joseph Cretzer. All three were shot dead as squads of armed officers periodically rushed into the cellhouse firing repeatedly into the narrow corridor where they were hiding. Miran Thompson and Sam Shockley were executed in the gas chamber at San Quentin on 3 December 1948 for their roles in the Battle of Alcatraz.
(4 May 1946)

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

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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 28th of April 1918 106 years ago
Assassin Gavrilo Princip aka The Teenager who Changed the World dies of tuberculosis at the age of 24 in Terezin, Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia. At the time of his death Princip weighed around 40 kilograms, weakened by malnutrition and disease. His body had become wracked by skeletal tuberculosis that ate away his bones so badly that his right arm had to be amputated.