Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 July 1806

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

Bouyeri objected to the controversial film Submission van Gogh made from a script written by Ayaan Hirsi Ali that deals with violence against women in some Islamic societies; it tells the stories of four abused Muslim women using visual shock tactics. Following the broadcast of the film both van Gogh and Hirsi Ali received death threats. Van Gogh did not take the threats seriously and refused any protection. According to Hirsi Ali he said "Nobody kills the village idiot", a term he frequently used about himself.
(2 November 2004)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 8th of July 1806 218 years ago He Should Be Dead on Reception of the Letter
Mass murderer James Scales Purrington commits suicide slashing his throat at the age of 47 in Old Belgrade Road, Ballard, Augusta, Maine, United States. 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.