Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 29 March 1889

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

Lassiter poured two gallons of gasoline into the doorway and left a trail onto the sidewalk. Not having a match he asked one from a passerby to light his cigarette. Instead Lassiter dropped the match into the gasoline.
(11 December 1965)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 29th of March 1889 135 years ago
29-year-old murderer William Kemmler aka John Hart in Buffalo, New York, United States. Kemmler was sentenced to death and became the first man to be executed by use of the electric chair, a device invented in 1881 by Buffalo dentist Alfred Southwick which, after nine years of development and legislation, was ready for use.