Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 21 August 1971

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Surgeon Dr. Chovot discovered that opening the windpipe would prevent the fatal consequences of being hanged by the neck. The surgeon secretly made an incision in Gordon's windpipe. When Gordon was hanged he was observed to retain life after three thieves executed with him were dead. His body was cut down after hanging three quarters of an hour and carried to a house in Edgware road where Chovot was in attendance, he immediately opened a vein, which bled freely and soon after Gordon opened his mouth and groaned. However, he died.
(27 April 1733)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Saturday 21st of August 1971 53 years ago They Were All Arrested
Mary Brunner aka Mother Mary, Catherine Share aka Gypsy, Charles Lovett aka Chuckleberry, Lawrence Bailey aka Little Larry, Kenneth Como and Dennis Rice aka Fatherman of Criminal hippy gang the Manson Family are involved in a shoot-out with the police after robbing a gun-shop in Western Surplus Store, 13355 South Hawthorne Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, United States. The group had stolen close to 150 guns which they intended on using while hijacking a 747 jumbo jet, in which they would kill one passenger every hour until Manson and company were released from prison. They were all arrested.