Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 2 August 1922

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

Mercer became the first person to be executed in Missouri since 1965. His execution was carried out in the former gas chamber which was converted to use lethal injection.
(6 January 1989)

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There are 3359 births, 3911 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 2nd of August 1922 102 years ago
Scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator Alexander Graham Bell dies of diabetes at the age of 75 in Beinn Bhreagh, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Upon the conclusion of Bell's funeral, "every phone on the continent of North America was silenced in honor of the man who had given to mankind the means for direct communication at a distance".