Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 17 December 1947

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Horn was one of the few people to have been hanged by a water-powered gallows known as the 'Julian Gallows', designed by Cheyenne architect James P. Julian. On the scaffold Horn shouted: “Ain’t losing your nerve are you, Joe?”.
(20 November 1903)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 17th of December 1947 78 years ago He Didn't Perform the Post Mortem
Pathologist Bernard Henry Spilsbury commits suicide by gassing at the age of 70 in University College, Bloomsbury, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Spilsbury was depressed over his finances and his declining health.