Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 5 May 1818

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Jones' execution was delayed by about a half an hour because prison staff were unable to find suitable veins in his hands and arms. Executions are usually performed with an IV in each arm. In Jones' case only one IV was used and it was inserted in his left thigh.
(8 December 2000)

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BirthFactDeath (+) Tuesday 5th of May 1818 208 years, 9 months and 20 days ago
Economist and revolutionary communist Karl Heinrich Marx is born in Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.