Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 17 August 1896

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

Sheppard's slight build had aided his previous prison escapes but it condemned him to a slow death by strangulation from the hangman's noose.
(16 November 1724)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 17th of August 1896 130 years, 9 months and 23 days ago
Bridget Driscoll becomes the United Kingdom's first automobile fatality when she steps in front of a car off Dolphin Terrace at the age of 45 in The Crystal Palace, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. At the coroner's inquest, driver Arthur James Edsall stated that he had been driving at only 4 mph and that when he saw Driscoll he rang his bell and shouted "Stand back!".