Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 30 September 1902

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Inside, the space was lit by 100 burning candles. Through the window you could see the tied up bodies of me and Frank De Busscher, a pointed wooden stick placed between their bodies and the door. It took four hours, until all the candles were burned up. Johan Desmet made music with tapes and found footage sounds.
(28 December 1979)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 30th of September 1902 121 years ago He Was the First to Hang
Murderer John McDonald is executed by hanging by William Billington at the age of 23 in HM Prison Pentonville, Caledonian Road, Islington, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. McDonald was the first man to hang at Pentonville Prison. Chief executioner Albert Pierrepoint would later find it "the finest scaffold in the world".