Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 3 May 1987

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

Woods may have miscalculated the lengths for the ropes used for the executions such that some of the men did not die quickly of an intended broken neck but instead strangled to death slowly. Additionally the trapdoor was too small such that several of the condemned suffered bleeding head injuries when they hit the sides of the trapdoor while dropping through.
(16 October 1946)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 3rd of May 1987 38 years ago La Vie Était Insupportable
Singer and actress Dalida born as Yolanda Cristina Gigliotti commits suicide by an overdose of sleeping pills at the age of 54 in Rue d'Orchampt 11 bis, XVIIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Dalida left behind a note which read "La vie m'est insupportable... Pardonnez-moi."
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