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!". (16 April 1936)
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Thursday 1st of May 1873 (-) — Explorer and pioneer medical missionary David Livingstone dies of malaria and internal bleeding caused by dysentery. Livingstone's heart was buried under a Mvula tree near the spot where he died, now the site of the Livingstone Memorial.