Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Bruce, Lenny

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

Bilansky requested a private execution but at this point in the 19th century public executions were typical as they served civil and religious purposes to deter crime and demonstrate the danger of sin. The gallows were set up in an enclosure in Court House Square. Around 100 onlookers watched from inside the enclosure while thousands more watched from outside the enclosure.
(23 March 1860)

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		Stand-up comedian, social critic and satirist Lenny Bruce born as Leonard Alfred Schneider 13 October 1925 (+) is born in Mineola, United States. 29 September 1961 (x) is arrested for possession of narcotics in Philadelphia, United States. 4 October 1961 (x) is arrested for obscenity in San Francisco, United States. 6 October 1962 (x) is arrested for possession of narcotics in Los Angeles, United States. 24 October 1962 (x) is arrested for obscenity in Hollywood, United States. 3 August 1966 (-) dies of acute morphine poisoning caused by an accidental overdose in Hollywood Hills, United States.
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