Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 3 August 1492

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

O'Neil's last words were "I shall meet death like a man and I hope those who see me hanged will live to see the day when it is proved I am innocent - and it will be, some time". A few months later a dying Shellburne Falls soldier fighting the Spaniards in Cuba confessed to the murder. O'Neil became the last man to be executed in Massachussetts.
(7 January 1898)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

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 (x) Wednesday 3rd of August 1492 534 years, 8 months and 14 days ago
41-year-old explorer, navigator, cartographer and captain Christophorus Columbus sails off on the Santa Maria, the Pinta and the Nina on his way to discover America in Palos de la Frontera, Andalucía, Spain.