Tag: Death

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30th November 1786: Tuscany becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty

30th November 2021
Tagged as: Capital Punishment, Death, Execution, Habsburg, Holy Roman Empire, Italy, Law, Tuscany

On 30 November 1786 Leopold formally abolished the death sentence as well as banning the use of torture.

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12th September 1977: Steve Biko dies of injuries sustained in police custody

12th September 2021
Tagged as: Apartheid, Black Consciousness, Civil Rights, Death, Police, Politics, Racism, South Africa, Steve Biko

South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko died in Pretoria prison from injuries inflicted while in police custody.

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14th July 1881: American outlaw Billy the Kid shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett

14th July 2021
Tagged as: America, Criminal, Death, Murder, New Mexico, Outlaw, Shooting, USA, Wild West

American outlaw Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.

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12th January 1967: Dr James Bedford becomes the first cryonically preserved human

12th January 2021
Tagged as: Alcor, Cryogenics, Cryonics, Death, Medicine, Science, Technology

Dr James Hiram Bedford became the first human to be cryonically preserved.

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24th October 1926: Harry Houdini performs his final show despite suffering from acute appendicitis

24th October 2020
Tagged as: Culture, Death, Detroit, Magic, Performance

World-renowned escapologist Harry Houdini performed his final show in Detroit while suffering from appendicitis.

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18th September 1932: Actress Peg Entwistle’s body found after jumping from the Hollywood sign

18th September 2020
Tagged as: Culture, Death, Film, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Movie, Suicide, Theatre, USA

The body of actress Peg Entwistle was found in a ravine below the Hollywoodland sign in Los Angeles.

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16th October 1793: The Execution of Marie Antoinette

16th October 2019
Tagged as: Death, Execution, France, French Revolution, Guillotine, Marie Antoinette

At 12.15pm on the afternoon of the 16^th October 1793, Marie Antoinette was executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris.

Tag: Death

30th November 1786: Tuscany becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty

12th September 1977: Steve Biko dies of injuries sustained in police custody

14th July 1881: American outlaw Billy the Kid shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett

12th January 1967: Dr James Bedford becomes the first cryonically preserved human

24th October 1926: Harry Houdini performs his final show despite suffering from acute appendicitis

18th September 1932: Actress Peg Entwistle’s body found after jumping from the Hollywood sign

16th October 1793: The Execution of Marie Antoinette

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

23rd May 1915: Italy enters the First World War on the side of the Triple Entente and declares war on Austria-Hungary

22nd May 1849: Abraham Lincoln becomes the first and only President to be awarded a patent

21st May 1927 and 1932: Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic, followed five years later by Emilia Earhart as the first woman

20th May 1882: Establishment of the Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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