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

The gas chamber used in Mississippi had a vertical iron bar directly behind the inmate's chair. There was no headrest or strap used to restrain Gray's head. As Gray began breathing in the toxic gas he started thrashing his head around, striking the iron bar repeatedly before he finally lost consciousness. "Gray died banging his head against a steel pole in the gas chamber while reporters counted his moans" (eleven according to the Associated Press).
(2 September 1983)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

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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Place de Grève, IVe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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Friday 19th of June 1699 (-) — Murderess Angélique Tiquet is executed by beheading.
The executioner, Charles Sanson de Longval, missed twice because he was so enraved by Tiquet's beauty.
Monday 25th of April 1791 (-) — Highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier is executed by the Guillotine.
Pelletier was the first person to be executed by Guillotine.
Monday 3rd of October 1796 (-) — Robber Joseph Lesurques is executed by the Guillotine.
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