Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 6 July 1840

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Boyd was the 1000th person executed in the United States after the ban on capital punishment was lifted. His last meal request was for a a medium-well New York strip steak, a baked potato with sour cream, a roll with butter, a salad with ranch dressing and a Pepsi.
(2 December 2005)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 6th of July 1840 186 years, 7 months and 19 days ago
Murderer François Benjamin Courvoisier is executed by hanging at the age of 24 in Newgate Prison, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. 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.