Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom || Winson Green Prison

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

It was the last group of 'witches' to be executed. Clergyman Nicholas Noyes reportedly turned toward the suspended bodies of the victims and said "What a sad thing it is to see eight firebrands of hell hanging there."
(22 September 1692)

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.

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Winson Green Prison

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom.

Related events:

Thursday 16th of April 1936 (-) — Double murderess Dorothea Waddingham is executed by hanging by Thomas Pierrepoint, assisted by his nephew Albert Pierrepoint.
Waddingham was a mother of five and was still breastfeeding her 3-month old baby at the time of her execution. 10.000 people gathered outside the gaol to demonstrate against the execution chanting "Stop this mother murder!".
Sunday 1st of January 1995 (-) — Serial killer Fred West commits suicide by hanging.