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On this Day 26th May - Hedgehog - 05-26-2009 1679: The Habaeus Corpus Amendment Act requires the showing of 'just cause' for imprisonment over 24 hours. 1868: The last public execution in Britain - the hanging of murderer Michael Barrett - takes place at Newgate. 1948: The Afrikaner National Party wins the South African general election and introduces 'apartheid'.