Bannister was executed by manual lethal injection. His last words were "The State of Missouri is committing as premeditated a murder as possible, far more heinous and deliberate than my crime. Thank you to all of you who have supported me." (22 October 1997)
There are 3385 births, 3950 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2085 other events about 5737 people in 6452 places until today.
Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.
Sunday 22nd of June 1924 (x) — Serial killer Fritz Haarmann is arrested after a minor fight with Kurt Fromm. Haarmann's apartment was searched and the walls were found to be heavily bloodstained. He tried to explain this as a by-product of his illegal trade as a butcher.