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Lisenba killed his wife Mary Busch by sticking her leg in a box with two rattlesnakes. Busch didn't die from the poison so Lisenba drowned her. Lisenba was the last man to be executed by hanging in San Quentin. The rope was the wrong length and it took over ten minutes for Rattlesnake James to die.
(1 May 1942)

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

There are 3366 births, 3927 deaths, 1121 murders, 497 disasters and 2076 other events about 5724 people in 6428 places until today.

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Kunsthaus Zürich

Heimplatz 1, Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

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Thursday 13th of June 1985 (x) — The painting 'King Philip IV of Spain' by Peter Paul Rubens is destroyed by arson
The fire reduced the work to ashes, leaving only its Baroque frame. An unidentified man was arrested and said his reason for destroying this priceless work was to protest environmental pollution.