Spenkelink's last meal request was for two swigs of Jack Daniels. After the execution, unfounded rumors spread that the fighting, shouting Spenkelink was dragged to the electric chair, gagged, beaten and had his neck broken. (25 May 1979)
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South Lawn of the White House
Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
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Monday 12th of September 1994 (-) — Army veteran and suicide pilot Frank Corder commits suicide by an airplane crash. Corder stole a Cessna 150 the night before and departed from Aldino Airport in Maryland while severely intoxicated, which is presumed to have led to his later miscalculation to crash into the South Lawn instead of the White House itself.