Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 6 January 2004

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

King was signing copies of his book 'Stride Toward Freedom' when Curry said "I've been looking for you for five years" and stabbed him in the chest with a ivory handled steel letter opener. When the ambulance arrived King was sitting in a chair with the letter opener protruding from his chest. At Harlem Hospital Chief of Surgery Aubre de Lambert Maynard attempted to pull out the letter opener but cut his glove on the blade. A surgical clamp was finally used to pull out the blade.
(20 September 1958)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 6th of January 2004 20 years ago There Was a no Tobacco Policy
Multiple murderer Ynobe Katron Matthews is executed by lethal injection at the age of 28 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Matthews' last meal request was for three pieces of fried chicken, one pork chop, two pieces of fried fish, strawberry ice cream, a six-pack of Coke and a pack of Newport cigarettes. The request for the cigarettes was denied because of a 'no tobacco policy'.