Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 5 April 1945

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Rowsey's execution was the 888th carried out in the United States since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Rowsey's final meal request was for pizza, chicken wings, two packages of peanut M&M's, and a Pepsi.
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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 5th of April 1945 80 years ago
SS Standartenführer Karl-Otto Koch is executed by the firing squad at the age of 48 in KZ Buchenwald, Weimar, Thüringen, Germany. Koch was sentenced to death for disgracing both himself and the SS. He was the husband of Ilse Koch.
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