Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Paris VIIIe, Île-de-France, France || Avenue Victor Emanuel III

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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)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

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Avenue Victor Emanuel III, VIIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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