Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 9 September 1973

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Mason was the last man to die in San Quentin's Gas Chamber. Mason refused any last meal, requesting only ice water while in the death watch cell. Mason told the warden that he had no final words to impart.
(24 August 1993)

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Sunday 9th of September 1973

52 years ago

Jewry Billings is assaulted and raped with a hammer by serial killer Harvey Carignan aka The Want-Ad Killer aka Harv the Hammer at the age of 13 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

When Billings' ordeal was over Carignan released his battered captive but the incident was so humiliating that the girl maintained it as a closely-guarded secret for a period of several months.