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Edwin Albert Arthur Bush (1940 – 6 July 1961) was the first criminal in Britain to be caught through the use of the Identikit facial composite system, [1] the second to last executed in London and the last to be hanged at Pentonville Prison.
Robert Andrew McGladdery (18 October 1935 – 20 December 1961) was the last person to be executed in Northern Ireland and the island of Ireland. [1]He was convicted of the murder of Pearl Gamble, aged 19, whom he had battered, strangled and stabbed to death on 28 January 1961 and whose body was discovered at Upper Damolly, near Newry, County Down.
Date City Country Vuyisile Mini [1] Umkhonto we Sizwe activist 6 November 1964 Pretoria South Africa: Frederick John Harris [2] African Resistance Movement activist 1 April 1965 Mthuli ka Shezi [3] Black People's Convention activist 1972 Germiston: Steve Biko [4] Black Consciousness activist 12 September 1977 Pretoria: Rick Turner [5] Durban ...
4 – The Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hassim Jawad, announces that Iraq will not recognise the South African government because of its apartheid policy. September. 11 – Poqo, the armed wing of the Pan-African Congress, is established. October. The National Party wins the 1961 South African general election, winning 105 of 160 seats in Parliament.
It was held in the United Kingdom in March 1961, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan. While Commonwealth conferences were normally held biennially, this conference was held after an interval of only a year following the May 1960 conference due to disagreement over South Africa and whether the country should be ...
Capital punishment in the United Kingdom predates the formation of the UK, having been used in Britain and Ireland from ancient times until the second half of the 20th century. The last executions in the United Kingdom were by hanging , and took place in 1964; capital punishment for murder was suspended in 1965 and finally abolished in 1969 ...
Last execution date Name Crime Method A England: 13 August 1964 [154] Peter Anthony Allen and Gwynne Owen Evans: capital murder: hanging: A Guernsey: 10 February 1854 [154] John Tapner: murder: hanging: A Isle of Man: 1 August 1872 [154] John Kewish: patricide: hanging: A Jersey: 9 October 1959 [154] Francis Joseph Huchet: murder: hanging: A ...
Pages in category "1961 in England" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.