Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 1 May 1873

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Strydom was sentenced to death but the South African government declared a moratorium on capital punishment in 1990. He was released in 1992. The square has since been renamed Lilian Ngoyi Square.
(15 November 1988)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 1st of May 1873 153 years, 8 months and 11 days ago
Explorer and pioneer medical missionary David Livingstone dies of malaria and internal bleeding caused by dysentery at the age of 60 in Chief Chitambo's Village, Ilala, Zambia. Livingstone's heart was buried under a Mvula tree near the spot where he died, now the site of the Livingstone Memorial.