Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Coburg, Victoria, Australia || Pentridge Prison

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

The wedding reception was held at the Metropolitan Hotel. The couple stood atop a grand piano at the reception to greet some 10.000 guests.
(10 February 1863)

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Pentridge Prison

Coburg, Victoria, Australia.

Related events:

Monday 9th of November 1942 (-) — Serial killer Edward Leonski is executed by hanging.
Monday 19th of February 1951 (-) — Murderess Jean Lee is executed by hanging.
On the morning of her execution Lee became hysterical and had to be sedated. She fainted when the executioner came to her cell and she was strapped semi-conscious to a chair. Lee was the last woman to be executed in Australia.
Monday 19th of February 1951 (-) — Murderer Robert Clayton is executed by hanging.
Clayton's last words were "Goodbye Charlie".
Monday 19th of February 1951 (-) — Murderer Norman Andrews is executed by hanging.
Andrews's last words were "Goodbye Robert".
Friday 3rd of February 1967 (-) — Murderer Ronald Ryan is executed by hanging.
Ryan was the last person to be legally executed in Australia. He shot and killed warder George Hodson during an escape from Pentridge Prison in 1965.