Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 25 December 1908

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

Baniszewski encouraged neighborhood children to torment Likens, including extinguishing cigarettes on her skin and forcing her to remove her clothes and insert a glass Coca-Cola bottle into her vagina on at least two occasions. Shortly before Likens died Baniszewski began to carve the words "I'm a prostitute and proud of it!" into Likens' stomach with a heated needle.
(26 October 1965)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

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BirthFactDeath (+) Friday 25th of December 1908 116 years ago
Raconteur Quentin Crisp is born as Denis Charles Pratt in Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom. Pratt changed his name to Quentin Crisp in his twenties after leaving home and cultivating his effeminate appearance to a standard that both shocked contemporary Londoners and provoked homophobic attacks.