Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 September 1979

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

A rope made of red and white silk was used to hang Cluverius. The intention was to cut it into pieces to sell as souvenirs after the hanging. Herbert Tobias Ezekiel who witnessed the hanging, wrote that the Sheriff had oiled the rope with sweet oil rather than cold grease which would have facilitated the slipping of the noose and broken Cluverius’s neck. When the trap was sprung the silk rope stretched until Cluverius’s feet were just inches from the ground. The loop extended nearly eighteen inches above his head and it took ten minutes for him to slowly strangle to death.
(14 January 1887)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

Like BFD on Facebook
Follow BFD on Tumblr
Like DDV on Facebook
Follow DDV on Twitter

Get a daily BFD list in your mailbox.

BirthFactDeath (x) Saturday 8th of September 1979 47 years, 5 months and 21 days ago
The body of 41-year-old actress Jean Seberg is found naked under a blanket in the backseat of her white Renault 5 in Rue du Général-Appert, XVIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Seberg committed suicide by an overdose of barbiturates and alcohol on 30 August 1979. Her suicide note read "Diego, mon fils chéri, pardonne-moi. Je ne pouvais plus vivre. Comprends-moi."