Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 23 September 1959

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

She had been charged with adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft. She knelt upright, in the French style of executions. The execution consisted of a single stroke.
(19 May 1536)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 23rd of September 1959 65 years ago
Murderer John E. Day is executed by hanging at the age of 30 in United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. Day had been under the death sentence since 1951 and was hanged for the murder of Lee Mak Chun in Seoul on 30 December 1950. Serving in Korea, Day had made sexual advances to Chun's wife. When Chun came to her defense Day shot him dead.