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

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

The robbers collected government bonds worth $42,000 to $45,000, $518 in tax stamps, gold, silver coins, and banknotes. 19-year-old student George 'Jolly' Wymore was killed by a bullet across the street as the robbers rode away.
(13 February 1866)

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There are 3393 births, 3959 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5748 people in 6460 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 6th of July 1840 186 years, 11 months and 3 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.