Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 24 April 1942

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

Food was often placed near MacSwiney to persuade him to give up the hunger-strike. Attempts at force-feeding MacSwiney were undertaken in the final days of his strike. On 20 October he fell into a coma. His body lay in St George's Cathedral where 30.000 people filed past it.
(25 October 1920)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 24th of April 1942 83 years ago
Start of the trial against 28-year-old serial killer Gordon Cummins aka The Blackout Ripper in Old Bailey Criminal Court, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Cummins' trial had to be restarted with new jury on 27 April due to a legal technicality.
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