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Events on Wednesday 13 July 1955 1
1955Ruth Ellis executedLast woman hanged in the United KingdomRuth Ellis was hanged at Holloway Prison for the murder of her lover, David Blakely, becoming the last woman executed in the United Kingdom. Her case fueled public debate over capital punishment and contributed to its eventual abolition in Britain. The abolition of the death penalty for murder followed a decade later.