Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 14 July 1958

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Meaker was the first woman to be legally executed in Vermont. On the morning of her execution Meaker ate a large beefsteak, three potatoes, a slice of bread and butter, a piece of meat pie, and a cup of coffee. Then she went to view the gallows and remarked that it was not half as bad as she thought it would be. She ate a lunch consisting of two boiled eggs, two slices of toast, one potato, one doughnut, and a cup of coffee.
(30 March 1883)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 14th of July 1958 67 years ago
Last King of Iraq Faisal II born as Al-Malik Fayṣal Ath-thānī is executed by a firing squad led by Captain Abdul Sattar Sabaa Al-Ibousi at the age of 23 in Rihab Palace, Baġdād, Muḥāfaẓät Baġdād, Iraq. Also machine-gunned were Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah, his wife Crown Princess Hiyam, his mother Princess Nafeesa, Faisal's aunt Princess Abadiya and several servants.