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

Dodd's execution was the first legal hanging in the United States since 1965. He also requested that his hanging be televised but that request was denied. Dodd's last meal request was for salmon and potatoes.
(5 January 1993)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1987

There are 3393 births, 3960 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5748 people in 6461 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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Vanderbilt University Computer Science Department

Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

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Wednesday 5th of May 1982 (x) — Bomb #6 mailed to Professor Patrick Fisher by Mathematician and serial bomber Theodore Kaczynski explodes when opened, injuring Fischer’s secretary Janet Smith.
The package was originally sent to Fischer at Pennsylvania State University but was later forwarded. The bomb consisted of smokeless powder and a large number of match heads. The package has a false return address, stating it came from LeRoy Bearnson, a professor of electrical engineering at Utah’s Brigham Young University.