Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 30 October 1885

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

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.
(29 March 1889)

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There are 3391 births, 3955 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5744 people in 6459 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (+) Friday 30th of October 1885 141 years, 6 months and 10 days ago
Modernist poet Ezra Weston Loomis Pound is born in Hailey, Idaho, United States.