Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 7 November 1783

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Over 400 people were injured. The dead and injured were lain along the touchline and covered with coats. A little under half an hour later the game was restarted with a new sawdust lined touchline separating the players from the bodies.
(9 March 1946)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 7th of November 1783 243 years, 2 months and 22 days ago
Highwayman John Austin is executed by hanging in Tyburn Tree, Tyburn, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. The gallows were dismantled after Austin's execution. Future public hangings were now conducted on a scaffold named the 'new drop' outside Newgate Prison.