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

Bethea's last meal request was for fried chicken, pork chops, mashed potatoes, pickled cucumbers, cornbread, lemon pie, and ice cream. A crowd of 20.000 people gathered to watch the execution with thousands coming from out of town.
(14 August 1936)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1989

There are 3366 births, 3930 deaths, 1121 murders, 498 disasters and 2076 other events about 5724 people in 6431 places until today.

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Samarkand Hotel

22 Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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