Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 October 1959

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He was the first person sentenced to death by hanging under a congressional act that made it a capital offense to kill a federal agent. At the time of his execution he was still crippled from his wounds and had to be carried to the gallows on a stretcher and supported by deputy marshals.
(24 March 1936)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 16th of October 1959 67 years, 3 months and 15 days ago
20-year-old assassin Lee Harvey Oswald arrives in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.