Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 9 August 2000

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

Two days before Long was scheduled to be executed he took an overdose of prescription drugs and was hospitalized in Galveston, Texas. Officials in Texas refused to delay the execution. Initially placed on a ventilator, Long improved significantly by the next day. He was placed on a medically supervised flight back to Huntsville on the day of his scheduled execution so that he could be executed as scheduled.
(8 December 1999)

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There are 3376 births, 3943 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2079 other events about 5732 people in 6441 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 9th of August 2000 25 years ago
Rapist and murderer David Oliver Cruz is executed by lethal injection at the age of 33 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.