What was unusual about the execution by hanging of Andrew Carr, for the murder of prostitute Margaret Murphy, at Richmond Prison, Dublin, on July 28, 1870?
Answer: Carr’s body was decapitated by the hanging – reportedly because the hangman had miscalculated Carr’s weight and, therefore, the required length of rope. This was followed by a grisly three minutes of the body twitching.
Source: The Hangman’s Diary – A Calendar of Judicial Hanging by R Stockman
1908 – King Carlos I of Portugal and his heir, Prince Luis Filipe are assassinated by Republican sympathizers in Lisbon.
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A short, sharp hit of history in video format. Acclaimed Irish playwright and novelist Oscar Wilde was the toast of London society in the 1890s until things came decidedly unstuck through an association with a young British aristocrat, Lord Alfred Douglas, known as ‘Bosie’.
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Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)
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“In Russia a man is a called reactionary if he objects to having his property stolen and his wife and children murdered.”
Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British statesman
Roman statesman, soldier and writer of virtue, simplicity and wisdom. He condemned the luxury of his time and was nicknamed “the censor”. He became Consul in 195BCE, took part in the defeat of Hannibal at Zama, held command in Sardinia and Spain, and in 191 BCE assisted the Greeks in overthrowing Antiochus III at Thermopolyae.
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