Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 14 August 1936

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

Only hours before he was escorted to the electric chair Gaskins tried to commit suicide by slitting his wrists with a razor blade he had swallowed the previous week, then coughed up.
(6 September 1991)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 14th of August 1936 88 years ago
Murderer Rainey Bethea is executed by hanging at the age of 27 in Owensboro, Kentucky, United States. Bethea's last meal request was for fried chicken, pork chops, mashed potatoes, pickled cucumbers, cornbread, lemon pie, and ice cream. A crowd of 20.000 people gathered to watch the execution with thousands coming from out of town.