Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 5 July 1918

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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 (-) Friday 5th of July 1918 108 years, 10 months and 13 days ago
Serial killer Jeanne Weber born as Jeanne Moulinet aka l’Ogresse de la Goutte d’Or dies of nephritis at the age of 44 in Fains-Véel, Lorraine, France. Some sources claim Weber strangled herself in an asylum, most probably she hanged herself during a nephritic crisis.