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

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

Just before the execution was to be carried out Poland requested for the prison guards bring him lunch after the execution as he made a large last meal request consisting of three fried eggs, sunny side up; four slices of bacon; order of hash browns; two slices of whole wheat toast, with two pats of real butter; two individual serving size boxes of Raisin Bran cereal; two cartons of milk and two cups of Tasters Choice coffee as he said that he was hungry.
(16 June 1999)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 17th of December 1947 79 years, 6 months and 2 days ago
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.