Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 18 September 1953

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Ocuish was hanged for the murder of 6-year-old daughter of a wealthy farmer Eunice Bolles after quarreling with her over some strawberries. She became the youngest person legally executed in America.
(20 December 1876)

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

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 18th of September 1953 71 years ago
Murderess Louisa May Merrifield born as Louisa Highway is executed by hanging by Albert Pierrepoint at the age of 47 in Strangeways Prison, Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. Merrifield was the fourth and last woman to be executed at the prison.