Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 23 May 1868

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

On 23 February 1885 three attempts were made to carry out Lee's execution. All ended in failure as the trapdoor of the scaffold failed to open despite being carefully tested by executioner James Berry beforehand. As a result Home Secretary Sir William Harcourt commuted the sentence to life imprisonment.
(18 December 1907)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

There are 3377 births, 3944 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2083 other events about 5734 people in 6443 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 23rd of May 1868 157 years ago
Frontiersman, fur trapper and wilderness guide Kit Christopher Houston Carson dies of abdominal aortic aneurysm at the age of 59 in Fort Lyon, Colorado, United States.