Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 2 May 1956

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

The dead included Mamah Borthwick Cheney, her two children, John and Martha; gardener David Lindblom; draftsman Emil Brodelle; workman Thomas Brunker; and another workman's son Ernest Weston. Carlton swallowed hydrochloric acid following the attack in an attempt to kill himself. He was nearly lynched on the spot, but was taken to the Dodgeville jail. Carlton died from starvation seven weeks after the attack.
(15 August 1914)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 2nd of May 1956 70 years, 8 months and 9 days ago
Would-be assassin Violet Albina Gibson dies of unknown causes at the age of 80 in St Andrew's Hospital, Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom. Gibson was deported to Britain after the attack after being released without charge at the request of Mussolini. She spent the rest of her life in a mental asylum.