Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 17 January 1950

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An approaching train did not stop and struck the protesting veterans. Willson was hit and lost both legs below the knee while suffering a severe skull fracture with loss of his right frontal lobe.
(1 September 1987)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Tuesday 17th of January 1950 74 years ago
11 gangsters rob $1.218.211,29 in cash, and over $1.5-million in checks, money orders and other securities in Brink's Building, 600 Commercial Street, North End, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Although all of the gangsters were captured and put on trial only 58.000 Dollars were ever recovered. The rest is fabled to be hidden in the hills north of Grand Rapids, Minnesota. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Brink's_Robbery