Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 14 October 1983

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Burke was hanged in front of a crowd possibly as large as 25.000; views from windows in the tenements overlooking the scaffold were hired at prices ranging from 5 to 20 shillings. Burke's skeleton was given to the Anatomical Museum of the Edinburgh Medical School where it remains. His death mask and a book said to be bound with his tanned skin can be seen at Surgeons' Hall Museum.
(28 January 1829)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 14th of October 1983 43 years, 8 months and 16 days ago
30-year-old Melvin Reynolds is released from prison after serving 4 years for a murder committed by 54-year-old serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate in Missouri State Penitentiary aka The Walls, 115 Lafayette Street, Jefferson City, Missouri, United States. Reynolds had been imprisoned since 2 January 1980 for the murder of 4-year-old Eric Christgen on 27 May 1978.