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To make sure that Lowry's body remained intact for as long as possible his corpse was coated with tar. The tar may also have stopped birds pecking the flesh. Once coated with tar the body was fitted into a specially made harness of iron hoops and chains that held the head, body and legs in place.
(25 March 1762)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

There are 3376 births, 3943 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2079 other events about 5732 people in 6441 places until today.

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Memphis, Tennessee, United States.

Related events:

Friday 15th of September 1950 (-) — Child trafficker Georgia Tann dies of uterine cancer.
Tann is estimated to have stolen and sold over 5.000 children while she was workings as the Executive Secretary at the Shelby County branch of the Tennessee Children's Home Society.
Monday 6th of June 1966 (x) — American Civil Rights Movement figure James Meredith is shot at by Aubrey James Norvell in an assassination attempt during the civil rights March Against Fear.
Thursday 14th of August 1969 (-) — Victim of George Putt aka The Memphis Murderer Roy Dumas is strangled by George Putt aka The Memphis Murderer.
Friday 29th of August 1969 (-) — Victim of George Putt aka The Memphis Murderer Glenda Harden is stabbed to death by George Putt aka The Memphis Murderer.
Thursday 11th of August 2005 (x) — School shooter Mitchell Johnson is released from prison after serving 7 years.