Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 11 January 1968

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Dodd's execution was the first legal hanging in the United States since 1965. He also requested that his hanging be televised but that request was denied. Dodd's last meal request was for salmon and potatoes.
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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 11th of January 1968 57 years ago Was a Gloomy Thursday
Composer Rezső Seress born as Rudolf 'Rudi' Spitzer commits suicide by jumping from the window of his apartment at the age of 69 in Budapest, Közép-Magyarország, Hungary. Seress actually survived jumping out of his window, but later in the hospital choked himself to death with a wire. His song 'Szomorú Vasárnap (Gloomy Sunday)' sparked a worldwide wave of suicides in 1933.
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