Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 15 September 1440

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'Old Sparky' malfunctioned, causing six-inch flames to shoot out of Tafero's head. A member of the execution team had used a synthetic sponge rather than a sea sponge which is necessary to provide greater conductivity and a quick death. One close inmate friend of Tafero later said he could smell the burning flesh of his friend for days after.
(4 May 1990)

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

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BirthFactDeath (x) Tuesday 15th of September 1440 586 years, 8 months and 4 days ago
35-year-old baron, knight, companion-in-arms of Jeanne D'Arc and serial killer of children Gilles de Rais, originally Gilles de Montmorency-Laval aka Gilles de Retz is arrested in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. de Rais' bodyservants Étienne Corrillaut aka Poitou and Henriet were also arrested.