Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 9 May 1979

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

Asked if he had a last request before he was executed Sullivan replied “You might get me a gas mask.”
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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 9th of May 1979 47 years, 3 months and 29 days ago
Graduate student John Harris is injured when he opens a box left by 37-year-old mathematician and serial bomber Theodore Kaczynski aka The Unabomber in Northwestern University Technological Institute, Evanston, Illinois, United States. Harris suffered minor cuts and burns. Bomb #2 consisted of a cigar box and a pipe bomb triggered by a battery-operated filament that ignited explosive powders. The package contained a number of small finger-sized pieces of wood glued to its outer container.