Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 24 August 1929

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

"I would have preferred a firing squad because they stand you up" Castillo said. "I just don't like a belt on my chest." As the injection was administrated Castillo's family members yelled obscenities and one brother pounded on the witness-room glass.
(23 September 1998)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

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BirthFactDeath (+) Saturday 24th of August 1929 97 years, 7 months and 14 days ago
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is born as Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa in Caïro, Al Qahirah, Egypt.