Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 14 January 1742

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Månsdotter was the last woman to be executed in Sweden. Executioner Albert Gustaf Dahlman hit the block so that the lower jaw and a part of the tongue remained attached to the body while the upper part of Månsdotter's head rolled away.
(7 August 1890)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

There are 3377 births, 3944 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2083 other events about 5734 people in 6443 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 14th of January 1742 283 years ago
Astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician and meteorologist Edmond Halley dies of natural causes at the age of 86 in Greenwich, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.