Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 18 April 1940

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 (-) Thursday 18th of April 1940 84 years ago He Could not Endure this World's Madness
Boxer Norman Selby aka Kid McCoy commits suicide by an overdose of sleeping pills at the age of 68 in Hotel Tuller, Adams Avenue West, Bagley Street and Park Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, United States. Selby left a note behind ending with "sorry I could not endure this world's madness."