Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 10 August 1922

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)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 10th of August 1922 102 years ago
Irish Republican Army volunteer Reginald Reggie Dunne is executed by hanging by John Ellis in Wandsworth Prison, Wandsworth, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Dunne shot dead Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson on his doorstep at 36 Eaton Place in London on 22 June 1922 along with fellow IRA volunteer Joseph O'Sullivan.