Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Bennet, Nebraska, United States

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Backed by three escort boats and smeared in porpoise oil Webb set off into the ebb tide at a steady breaststroke. Despite stings from jellyfish and strong currents off Cap Gris Nez after approximately 21 hours and 40 minutes he landed near Calais. Webb's zig-zag course across the Channel was nearly 66 km long.
(24 August 1875)

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Bennet, Nebraska, United States.

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Wednesday 4th of May 1887 (+) — Victim of Charles Starkweather aka Little Red August Meyer is born.
Monday 27th of January 1958 (-) — Victim of Charles Starkweather aka Little Red Robert Jensen is shot in the head by Charles Starkweather aka Little Red.
Starkweather and Fugate drove their car into mud and abandoned the vehicle. When Jensen and his 16-year-old girlfriend Carol King stopped to give them a ride Starkweather forced them to drive back to an abandoned storm cellar and shot Jensen in the back of the head. He then attempted to rape King but was unable to do so, became angry with her and fatally shot her.