Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 20 March 1942

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

At 9am Verlaine went to No. 11 of the Galerie de la Reine to obtain a weapon and ammunition from the gunsmith Montigny. In an English tavern located at No. 7 rue des Chartreux, he conscientiously closed a few glasses of absinthe, before finding Rimbaud at the hotel on rue des Brasseurs, where he exhibited his loaded weapon. Around noon, the two friends went to empty a few chopines at the Maison des Brasseurs located in Grand-Place and then returned to their homes. Rimbaud his decision to leave Verlaine was inevitable. Exasperated by such determination Verlaine locked the door of the room and shot at close range at Rimbaud, whom he injured his left wrist.
(10 July 1873)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 20th of March 1942 82 years ago
Triple murderer John Anthony Soto is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 17 in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States.