Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 24 April 2005

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Murphy was the last woman to be officially burned at the stake. Murphy and her husband Hugh Murphy were executed along with seven other men who had been convicted of various offences. The eight men were executed by hanging. But as a woman the law provided that Murphy should be burnt at the stake. She was made to stand on a foot high 10-inch-square platform in front of the stake and secured to the stake with ropes and an iron ring. Murphy was reportedly tied with one rope around her neck after which the platform was removed from under her feet and 30 minutes passed before the fire was lit.
(18 March 1789)

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BirthFactDeath (+) Sunday 24th of April 2005 19 years ago
The world's first cloned dog Snuppy is born in Seoul National University, Seoul, Seoul National Capital Area, South Korea. Snuppy was created using a cell from an ear from an adult Afghan hound and involved 123 surrogate mothers of which only three produced pups. Snuppy being the sole survivor. Snuppy was named as a portmanteau of the initials of the Seoul National University (SNU) and the word 'puppy'.