Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Lee, John

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McVeigh invited conductor and composer David Woodard to perform pre-requiem Mass music on the eve of his execution. McVeigh's last meal request was for two pints of mint chocolate chip ice cream. McVeigh chose William Ernest Henley's poem 'Invictus' as his final statement.
(11 June 2001)

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		Murderer John Henry George Lee aka Babbacombe Lee aka The Man They Couldn't Hang 15 November 1864 (+) is born in Abbotskerswell, United Kingdom. 23 February 1885 (x) is brought upon the scaffold three times to be hanged but the trapdoor refuses to open upon each attempt despite being carefully tested by executioner James Berry in Exeter, United Kingdom. 18 December 1907 (x) is released from prison in Exeter, United Kingdom. 19 March 1945 (-) dies of natural causes in Milwaukee, United States.
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