Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 24 May 1975

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

Matthews' last meal request was for three pieces of fried chicken, one pork chop, two pieces of fried fish, strawberry ice cream, a six-pack of Coke and a pack of Newport cigarettes. The request for the cigarettes was denied because of a 'no tobacco policy'.
(6 January 2004)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1987

There are 3361 births, 3912 deaths, 1121 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5714 people in 6416 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 24th of May 1975 49 years ago
Spree killer Russell Lee Smith commits suicide by a shot through the head at the age of 28 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. On the same day he killed his 16-year-old girlfriend Joan Marie Gatewood and 25-year-old Paulette Couch, he also wounded 27-year-old James Bailey, 38-year-old Charles Baltozer, 38-year-old Carole Baltozer, 17-year-old Charles Baltozer Jr., 6-year-old Heather Baltozer, 28-year-old George Christopherson, 27-year-old Ocie Curry, 29-year-old Joseph Pickett and 19-year-old Ann Wenclewicz.