Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 13 October 1978

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

The executioner could not find a vein in Smith's arm and had to insert an angio-catheter into his heart, a procedure that took 35 minutes. According to authorities, Smith remained conscious during that procedure. Smith's last words were: "Let evil prevail where a good man does nothing."
(18 July 1996)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 13th of October 1978 48 years, 6 months and 5 days ago
50-year-old assassin James Earl Ray aka The Man Who Shot Martin Luther King marries 31-year-old courtroom artist Anna Christine Sallings Sandhu in Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary, Petros, Tennessee, United States. Ray and Sandhu divorced in March 1993.