Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 10 January 1983

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

Lu killed 47-year-old professor Christoph K. Goertz, 44-year-old chairman Dwight R. Nicholson, assistant professor Robert Alan Smith, 27-year-old fellow graduate student Linhua Shan, 56-year-old assistant vice president for academic affairs T. Anne Cleary and seriously wounded 23-year-old student employee Miya Rodolfo-Sioson before committing suicide. Lu was infuriated because his dissertation 'Study of the "Critical Ionization Velocity" Effect by Particle-in-Cell Simulation' did not receive the prestigious D.C. Spriestersbach Dissertation Prize. In the months prior to the shooting Lu wrote five letters explaining the reasons for his planned actions.
(1 November 1991)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

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BirthFactDeath (x) Monday 10th of January 1983 41 years ago
37-year-old serial killer Peter Sutcliffe aka The Yorkshire Ripper is attacked with a broken coffee-jar by 35-year-old murderer Jimmy Costello in the F2 Hospital wing in Parkhurst Prison, Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Sutcliffe needed 30 stitches. Costello was convicted of wounding with intent.