Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 4 May 1940

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

The gallows were dismantled after Austin's execution. Future public hangings were now conducted on a scaffold named the 'new drop' outside Newgate Prison.
(7 November 1783)

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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) Saturday 4th of May 1940 86 years, 10 months and 14 days ago
39-year-old SS-Obersturmbannführer and longest serving commandant of Auschwitz-KZ Rudolf Höss is installed in KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau, Birkenau, Małopolska, Poland.