Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 31 May 1922

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

As Adklns stepped up to the gallows trap he collapsed and fell into the concrete pit 12ft below. The guards dashed down the steps and carried him on a stretcher to the platform where Adklns smilingly waited for the damage to be repaired. The trap was then tested and retested.
(21 March 1938)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

There are 3346 births, 3884 deaths, 1122 murders, 492 disasters and 2018 other events about 5697 people in 6343 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 31st of May 1922 102 years ago
Solicitor and murderer Herbert Rowse Armstrong is executed by hanging Armstrong was the only solicitor in the history of the United Kingdom to have been hanged for murder. at the age of 53 in Gloucester Prison, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.