Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 9 February 1555

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Sands decided that other prisoners should join the strike at staggered intervals to maximise publicity with prisoners steadily deteriorating successively over several months. The hunger strike centred on five demands: the right not to wear a prison uniform; the right not to do prison work; the right of free association with other prisoners, and to organise educational and recreational pursuits; the right to one visit, one letter and one parcel per week; full restoration of remission lost through the protest. Sands died on 5 May 1981 in Maze Prison Hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking.
(1 March 1981)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 9th of February 1555 471 years, 11 months and 21 days ago
Churchman, Anglican Bishop, Protestant reformer and martyr John Hooper aka Johan Hoperis is executed by burning at the stake at the age of 60 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. Hooper was condemned for heresy by Bishop Gardiner and degraded by Bishop Bonner on 29 January 1555.