Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Paris IVe, Île-de-France, France || Prison de la Bastille

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Evans' execution became known as one of Virginia's worst. When the first 55-second jolt of electricity hit Evans, blood flowed from under the leather death mask, streamed down his chin and soaked his shirt. Bloody froth bubbled on his lower lip. Officials said the chair worked fine - Evans just had a nosebleed when he lunged against the mask.
(17 October 1990)

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Prison de la Bastille

IVe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

Related events:

Saturday 22nd of October 1785 (x) — Revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer Donatien Alphonse François de Sade begins to write his ‘120 Days of Sodom’ on a paper roll of 11cm wide and 12m long, finishing it in just 37 days.
Tuesday 14th of July 1789 (x) — The storming of the Bastille to release 7 prisoners marks the beginning of the French Revolution.
Ten days earlier the Marquis de Sade had been transferred from the Bastille to an asylum in Charenton.