Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 31 January 1956

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Robinson fell through the rope on the first attempt to hang him, then painfully strangled to death on the second try. It is commonly thought — thought there does not appear to be any direct evidence for it — that this nationally infamous body-under-the-floorboards murder helped to inspire Edgar Allan Poe‘s classic short story 'The Tell-Tale Heart'.
(16 April 1841)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1989

There are 3368 births, 3932 deaths, 1121 murders, 498 disasters and 2076 other events about 5726 people in 6433 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (+) Tuesday 31st of January 1956 69 years ago
Musician John Joseph Lydon aka Johnny Rotten is born in Benwell Road, Holloway, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.