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Wanderer sang 'Dear Old Pal O' Mine' before being hanged, causing the hangman to remark, "That son-of-a-bitch should have been a song plugger."
(30 September 1921)
There are 3366 births, 3930 deaths, 1121 murders, 497 disasters and 2076 other events about 5724 people in 6430 places until today.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Saturday 25th of May 1895 130 years ago |
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 41-year-old poet and writer Oscar Wilde is convicted of 'committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons' and sentenced to two years hard labour in London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Judge Justice Wills described the sentence, the maximum allowed, as "totally inadequate for a case such as this" and that the case was "the worst case I have ever tried". Wilde's response was "And I? May I say nothing, my Lord?" |
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