Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 21 April 1849

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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 (-) Saturday 21st of April 1849 177 years, 8 months and 20 days ago
Double murderer James Bloomfield Rush aka The Killer in the Fog is executed by hanging at the age of 49 in Norwich Castle, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom.