Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 29 August 1887

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

A crowd of around 40.000 including Charles Dickens witnessed Courvoisier's execution. In January 2017 his plaster death mask was sold for £20.000 by Thomson Roddick auction house. The name of the buyer is unknown.
(6 July 1840)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 29th of August 1887 139 years, 6 months and 19 days ago
Murderer William Wilton is executed by hanging in Lewes Prison, Lewes, Sussex, United Kingdom.