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39th year  -  N° 89                 Friday, 29 March 2024         Antwerpen		
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Wednesday 23rd of September 1959

65 years ago



Murderer John E. Day is executed by hanging at the age of 30 in United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, United States.


Day had been under the death sentence since 1951 and was hanged for the murder of Lee Mak Chun in Seoul on 30 December 1950. Serving in Korea, Day had made sexual advances to Chun's wife. When Chun came to her defense Day shot him dead.