Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 23 February 1885

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

Johnson's victory caused huge race-riots all over the country. In all, riots occurred in more than 25 states and 50 cities. Twenty people were killed across America from the riots, and hundreds more were injured.
(4 July 1910)

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There are 3384 births, 3950 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2084 other events about 5737 people in 6452 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Monday 23rd of February 1885 141 years, 11 months and 6 days ago
21-year-old murderer John Lee aka Babbacombe Lee aka The Man They Couldn't Hang 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 Prison, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom. Lee continued to petition successive Home Secretaries and was finally released in 1907.