Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 1 December 1761

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He was the first person sentenced to death by hanging under a congressional act that made it a capital offense to kill a federal agent. At the time of his execution he was still crippled from his wounds and had to be carried to the gallows on a stretcher and supported by deputy marshals.
(24 March 1936)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

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BirthFactDeath (+) Tuesday 1st of December 1761 264 years ago
Wax sculptor Marie Tussaud is born as Anne-Marie Grosholtz in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France.