Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 23 February 1971

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

On the same day Purrington killed his wife Elizabeth, and seven of his eight children; 19-year-old Polly, 15-year-old Martha, 12-year-old Benjamin, 10-year-old Anna, 8-year-old Nathaniel, 6-year-old Nathan and 2-year-old Louisa. The Sunday before his death he wrote to his brother that on the reception of the letter he should be dead and requesting him to take charge of his family.
(8 July 1806)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Tuesday 23rd of February 1971 55 years, 11 months and 1 days ago
20-year-old serial killer Gustaaf Van Eyken aka De Vampier van Muizen assaults an unidentified woman in Mechelen, Antwerpen, Belgium.