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How did Emily Davison die?

  • Illness

  • Car accident

  • Hit by a horse

  • Fell from a building

Answer

Emily Davison died after being hit by King George V's horse, Anmer, at the 1913 Derby. She walked onto the track during the race, and her motives for doing so remain uncertain. Theories include accident, suicide, or an attempt to pin a suffragette banner to the king's horse.
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