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

  • 24th October 2022
  • 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 2022
  • 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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17th June 1631: Mumtaz Mahal’s death prompts construction of the Taj Mahal

  • 17th June 2022
  • Tagged as: Architecture, Death, India, Love, Mausoleum, Mughal, Taj Mahal

The death of Mumtaz Mahal, the chief consort of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, prompted her husband to construct the Taj Mahal.

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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
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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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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 16th October 1793, Marie Antoinette was executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris.

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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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