Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 17 April 1964

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

In Booth's pockets were found a compass, a candle, pictures of five women (actresses Alice Grey, Helen Western, Effie Germon, Fannie Brown and Booth's fiancée Lucy Hale), and his diary, where he had written of Lincoln's death, "Our country owed all her troubles to him, and God simply made me the instrument of his punishment".
(26 April 1865)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 17th of April 1964 60 years ago
39-year-old aviation pioneer Jerrie Mock becomes the first woman to fly solo around the world in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Mock's trip in a single engine Cessna 180 'The Spirit of Columbus' began on 19 March in Columbus, Ohio and took 29 days, 21 stopovers and 36,790 km.