Kipling's death had in fact previously been incorrectly announced in a magazine, to which he wrote, "I've just read that I am dead. Don't forget to delete me from your list of subscribers." (18 January 1936)
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Thursday 23rd of December 1926 (-) — Murderer Petrus Hauptfleisch is executed by hanging. Hauptfleisch killed his elderly mother and burnt the body on the stove.