State Electrician Davis switched on a 7½ ampere current of 1800 volts for 7 seconds. There was a quick convulsive movement of the whole body, the current evidently making the body rigid, just as the current was turned on, but no sign of pain on the victim’s face and no twitching of any muscle. The current was lowered to 200 volts for two seconds, then raised to 1800 volts for four seconds, and then lowered to 200 volts for 47 seconds, and then just before being finally switched off the current was jumped up again to 1800 volts for a second or so. In just one minute and twenty-four seconds from the moment Middleton seated himself alive and well in the fatal chair, Dr. Ransom pronounced him dead. (29 July 1902)
There are 3359 births, 3910 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2071 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.
Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.
Wednesday 21st of December 1977 (x) — Serial killer Patrick Kearney is given twenty-one life sentences Kearney was charged with twenty-one counts of murder and as agreed pleaded guilty.
Thursday 9th of January 1992 (x) — Serial killer William Suff is arrested after a routine traffic stop In Suff's Mitsubishi van a police officer found a bloody knife and objects believed to be related to 12 or more killings between 1989 and 1991.
Thursday 26th of October 1995 (x) — Serial killer William Suff is condemned to death for 12 murders Suff resides on death row at San Quentin State Prison.
Wednesday 19th of July 1995 (x) — Serial killer William Suff is found guilty of killing 12 women and attempting to kill another though police suspected him responsible for as many as 22 deaths It was alleged that Suff once used the breast of one of his victims in a chili contest and won.