Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 18 November 1720

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“My husband wouldn’t give me a divorce, so I poisoned him with arsenic,” Groesbeek told police when they came to arrest her.
(13 November 1970)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 18th of November 1720 306 years, 2 months and 9 days ago
Pirate captain John Rackham aka Calico Jack is executed by hanging at the age of 38 in Port Royal, Surrey, Jamaica. Calico Jack's body was then gibbeted on display on a very small islet at a main entrance to Port Royal.