Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 7 August 1968

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Spenkelink's last meal request was for two swigs of Jack Daniels. After the execution, unfounded rumors spread that the fighting, shouting Spenkelink was dragged to the electric chair, gagged, beaten and had his neck broken.
(25 May 1979)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 7th of August 1968 56 years ago She Couldn't Kill a Bird by the Neck
12-year-old child killer Mary Bell aka Child of Hell is arrested and charged with the murder of 2 boys in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. "I couldn't kill a bird by the neck or throat or anything, it's horrible that."