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Date: 05 December 1940
Gary Gilmore Birthday, Date of Birth
Gary Mark Gilmore (born Faye Robert Coffman; December 4, 1940 – January 17, 1977) was an American criminal who gained international attention for demanding the implementation of his death sentence for two murders he had admitted to committing in Utah. After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a new series of death penalty statutes in the 1976 decision Gregg v. Georgia, he became the first person in almost ten years to be executed in the United States. These new statutes avoided the problems under the 1972 decision in Furman v. Georgia, which had resulted in earlier death penalty statutes being deemed "cruel and unusual" punishment, and therefore unconstitutional (the Supreme Court had previously ordered all states to commute death sentences to life imprisonment after Furman). Gilmore was executed by a firing squad in 1977. His life and execution were the subject of the 1979 nonfiction novel The Executioner's Song, by Norman Mailer, and the 1982 TV film of the novel starring Tommy Lee Jones as Gilmore.
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Wednesday, December 4, 1940
- Place of Birth
- McCamey
- Age
- 84
- Star Sign
- ♐
The December 4, 1940 was a Wednesday under the star sign of ♐. It was the 338 day of the year. President of the United States was Franklin D. Roosevelt.
If you were born on this day, you are 84 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 285 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, December 4, 2025, in 79 days. You have lived for 30,966 days, or about 743,197 hours, or about 44,591,821 minutes, or about 2,675,509,260 seconds.
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4th of December 1940 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on December 4, 1940
NEWS OF WOOD, FIELD AND STREAM; Felt His Influence
Date: 04 December 1940
By RAYMOND R. CAMP
Raymond CAMP
NEWS OF THE SCREEN; Paramount Schedules Remake of 'The Virginian' for New Production Unit-- 'Thief of Bagdad' Opens
Date: 05 December 1940
By DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILL Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Douglas CHURCHILL
PANAMA'S NEW ENVOY IS SAID TO BE DR. BRIN; Ambassador Boyd Confirms the News of His Resignation
Date: 05 December 1940
Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES
NEWS OF THE STAGE; Tonight's Events: A Molnar Play With Edna Best in It; 'Tobacco Road' Goes Into Eighth Year
Date: 04 December 1940
SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD; Harold Lloyd Purchases 'My Favorite Spy' as a Comedy Vehicle for Himself PREMIERE AT THE CAPITOL 'Son of Monte Cristo' Will Open Today--'Hit Parade of 1941' at Loew's Criterion
Date: 04 December 1940
By DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILL Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Douglas CHURCHILL
NEWS OF MARKETS IN EUROPEAN CITIES; Rise of Gilt-Edge Securities Again Features Trading on Quiet London Exchange PRICES IN BERLIN HIGHER Amsterdam Bourse Listless-- Dutch Issues, However, Show a Strong Undertone
Date: 05 December 1940
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
NEWS OF MARKETS IN EUROPEAN CITIES; Surplus Funds Continue to Flow Into Gilt-Edge Issues in Quiet London Session PRICES ADVANCE IN BERLIN Most Principal Shares Higher as Trading Improves--Reich Treasurys Are Active
Date: 04 December 1940
Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES