Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 21 November 1888

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

I drew the sign of the 'Red Dragon' on a sheet of paper with red paint. Then I stood for a while on a piece of cloth with a ritual milk 'kavadi' on my head. The kavadi was filled with red paint that I slowly poured over my head. Then I made a wad out of a piece of gold cloth filled with earth from my hole. I lay down on a sloping piece of wood, my head immersed in a tub of water. I stuffed the wad in my mouth and an unopened lotus flower into the wad. I remained with my head in the water until the wad and the lotus flower were completely sodden and I couldn't breathe no more.
(12 August 2009)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 21st of November 1888 138 years, 6 months and 18 days ago
Double murderer Jake Tobler is executed by hanging at the age of 23 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Tobler's 21-year-old brother Joe was hanged next to him at the same time.