Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 5 July 1985

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Murphy was the last woman to be officially burned at the stake. Murphy and her husband Hugh Murphy were executed along with seven other men who had been convicted of various offences. The eight men were executed by hanging. But as a woman the law provided that Murphy should be burnt at the stake. She was made to stand on a foot high 10-inch-square platform in front of the stake and secured to the stake with ropes and an iron ring. Murphy was reportedly tied with one rope around her neck after which the platform was removed from under her feet and 30 minutes passed before the fire was lit.
(18 March 1789)

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

There are 3366 births, 3930 deaths, 1121 murders, 498 disasters and 2076 other events about 5724 people in 6431 places until today.

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Friday 5th of July 1985

40 years ago

Whitney Bennet is beaten with a tire iron by serial killer Richard Ramirez aka The Night Stalker at the age of 16 in Sierra Madre, California, United States.

Bennett survived but needed 478 stitches to her head.