Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 July 1872

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

On 23 February 1885 three attempts were made to carry out Lee's execution. All ended in failure as the trapdoor of the scaffold failed to open despite being carefully tested by executioner James Berry beforehand. As a result Home Secretary Sir William Harcourt commuted the sentence to life imprisonment.
(18 December 1907)

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There are 3361 births, 3912 deaths, 1121 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5714 people in 6416 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (+) Tuesday 16th of July 1872 152 years ago
Explorer Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen is born in Borge, Østlandet, Norway.