Månsdotter was the last woman to be executed in Sweden. Executioner Albert Gustaf Dahlman hit the block so that the lower jaw and a part of the tongue remained attached to the body while the upper part of Månsdotter's head rolled away. (7 August 1890)
There are 3384 births, 3950 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2084 other events about 5737 people in 6452 places until today.
Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.
Tuesday 23rd of March 1976 (-) — Pornographic actor and suicide pilot Mitsuyasu Maeno crashes a rented Piper Cherokee JA3551 airplane kamikaze-style into the mansion of multi-millionaire right-wing leader and leading figure in the Lockheed bribery scandals Yoshio Kodama. Maeno's last words on the radio were “Long live the emperor! Banzai!”Kodama was in another part of the building convalescing from a stroke and escaped harm.
Sunday 6th of September 1998 (-) — Film director Akira Kurosawa dies of a stroke. Kurosawa's longtime wish to die on the set while shooting a movie was never to be fulfilled.