Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 5 January 1895

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

'Old Sparky' malfunctioned, causing six-inch flames to shoot out of Tafero's head. A member of the execution team had used a synthetic sponge rather than a sea sponge which is necessary to provide greater conductivity and a quick death. One close inmate friend of Tafero later said he could smell the burning flesh of his friend for days after.
(4 May 1990)

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

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BirthFactDeath (x) Saturday 5th of January 1895 131 years, 0 months and 5 days ago
36-year-old artillery officer and presumed traitor Alfred Dreyfus is convicted in a secret court martial, publicly stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island in French Guiana, in Cour d'Assises, 34 Quai des Orfèvres, Ier, Paris, Île-de-France, France.