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Child rapist, cannibal and serial killer Hamilton Howard "Albert" Fish, aka The Werewolf Of Wysteria and The Brooklyn Vampire, is executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing, Ossining, New York State, USA. His gruesome crimes will provide the subject matter for songs including The Werewolf of Westeria by John 5, Albert Fish/Liverwurst by Green Jelly and Instruments of Hell by Exhumed.
Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence record dialogue and duets from Tonight at 8.30 in London, UK.
The Peekskill Evening Star newspaper in New York State, USA, runs two unrelated stories on the front page. One is about a man being put to death in the electric chair, while the other is about a wealthy man who had died. By a curious coincidence, both men are named Hamilton Fish. In 2010, the two items will inspire Rachel Mason to create a song cycle, an art installation and a film series entitled The Deaths of Hamilton Fish.
Musical revue The Show Is On, starring Beatrice Lillie and Bert Lahr, plays at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 236 performances.