Meaker was the first woman to be legally executed in Vermont. On the morning of her execution Meaker ate a large beefsteak, three potatoes, a slice of bread and butter, a piece of meat pie, and a cup of coffee. Then she went to view the gallows and remarked that it was not half as bad as she thought it would be. She ate a lunch consisting of two boiled eggs, two slices of toast, one potato, one doughnut, and a cup of coffee. (30 March 1883)
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Wednesday 2nd of May 1945 (-) — Nazi official and private secretary to Adolf Hitler Martin Bormann commits suicide by cyanide poisoning. His skeleton was found on 28 december 1972 during construction works near the Lehrter Bahnhof.
Thursday 28th of December 1972 (x) — The skeleton of Nazi official and private secretary to Adolf Hitler Martin Bormann is found during construction works. Bormann committed suicide on 2 May 1945.