Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 5 May 1785

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

Mason was the last man to die in San Quentin's Gas Chamber. Mason refused any last meal, requesting only ice water while in the death watch cell. Mason told the warden that he had no final words to impart.
(24 August 1993)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 5th of May 1785 241 years, 10 months and 11 days ago
Composer Franz Xaver Schnizer dies of undisclosed causes at the age of 45 in Ottobeuren, Bayern, Germany.