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- Staten Island (Wikipedia)
Staten Island (/ˈstætən/ STAT-ən) is the southernmost of the five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of New York. The borough is separated from the adjacent state of New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull and from the rest of New York by New York Bay. With a population of 495,747 in the 2020 Census, Staten Island is the least populated New York City borough but the third largest in land area at 58.5 sq mi (152 km2); it is also the least densely populated and most suburban borough in the city.
There is nothing to forgive, I die for you with joy in my heart!
Last words of Hans Hermann von Katte to Frederick the Great- On 21 January 1793, Louis XVI, at age 38, was beheaded by guillotine on the Place de la Révolution.
- Marie Antoinette was guillotined at 12:15 p.m. on 16 October 1793.
- Prison officials were impressed by the condemned prisoners’ bravery, and let them smoke cigarettes together before they were executed.
- On 22 February 1943, Scholl, her brother, Hans, and their friend, Christoph Probst, were found guilty of treason and condemned to death.
- Saigon Execution
- [July 6] Former Aum Shinrikyo leader Shoko Asahara and six other main members of Aum Shinrikyo, who led the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack, are executed by hanging.