Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 26 May 1954

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

Manson decided to have Shea killed because he believed Shea had reported them to the police, resulting in a raid on the ranch on 16 August where the family were taken into custody on suspicion of car theft. The rumour was that Shea had been "dismembered into nine pieces."
(26 August 1969)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 26th of May 1954 70 Years Ago
103 Die in USS Bennington (CV-20) aircraft carrier explosion in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, United States. The fluid in one of the Bennington's catapults leaked out and was detonated by the flames of a jet causing the forward part of the flight deck to explode, setting off a series of secondary explosions.