Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 5 September 1887

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

Duty was to be the first US prisoner whose execution included the use of the sedative pentobarbital, commonly used to euthanise animals. Duty's last meal request was for a double cheeseburger with mayonnaise, a foot-long hot dog with cheese, mustard and onions, a cherry limeade, and a banana shake.
(16 December 2010)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

There are 3390 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5743 people in 6458 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Monday 5th of September 1887 139 years, 7 months and 29 days ago
186 Die in theatre fire in Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom \|\| Exeter Prison, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom. Spectators were watching a dramatisation of Romany Rye when fire broke out backstage where gas lighting ignited some gauze.