Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 23 February 1885

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

Howard was guilty of "failing to disclose her sexual history to the king within twenty days of their marriage, or to incite someone to commit adultery with her."
(13 February 1542)

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There are 3381 births, 3949 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2084 other events about 5737 people in 6449 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Monday 23rd of February 1885 141 years, 10 months and 17 days ago
21-year-old murderer John Lee aka Babbacombe Lee aka The Man They Couldn't Hang is brought upon the scaffold three times to be hanged but the trapdoor refuses to open upon each attempt despite being carefully tested by executioner James Berry in Exeter Prison, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom. Lee continued to petition successive Home Secretaries and was finally released in 1907.