Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 13 July 1793

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Mason was the last man to die in San Quentin's Gas Chamber. Mason refused any last meal, requesting only ice water while in the death watch cell. Mason told the warden that he had no final words to impart.
(24 August 1993)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 13th of July 1793 231 years ago
Activist during the French Revolution Jean-Paul Marat is stabbed to death in his bath by 24-year-old Charlotte Corday at the age of 50 in Rue de Cordeliers 20, VIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Marat spent most of the time of his last three years in his bath due to dermatitis herpetiformes.