Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 24 October 1935

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On 23 February 1954 Thomas shot and killed 28-year-old sergeant Lafayette Bennett, 32-year-old corporal Edward Peters and their German girlfriends Walburga Wenderoth and Anna Weigel in Gersthofen, Germany. Then Thomas used an axe to bludgeon, hack and mutilate the bodies.
(23 July 1958)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 24th of October 1935 91 years, 2 months and 18 days ago
Mobster Arthur Flegenheimer aka Dutch Schultz dies of peritonitis at the age of 34 in Newark City Hospital, Newark, New Jersey, United States. Flegenheimer was shot by Charley 'The Bug' Workman 22 hours earlier at the Palace Chop House. His famous last words, induced by high fever and morphine were recorded by a stenographer and inspired a number of writers including William S. Burroughs.