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)
There are 3366 births, 3926 deaths, 1121 murders, 497 disasters and 2076 other events about 5724 people in 6428 places until today.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Saturday 9th of May 1981 44 years ago |
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30-year-old Irish republican hunger striker Joe McDonnel, originally Seosamh Mac Domhnaill starts hungerstriking in Maze Prison, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. McDonnel went 61 days without food before dying on 8 July 1981. |
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