Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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

Holmes' neck did not snap; he instead was strangled to death slowly, twitching over 15 minutes before being pronounced dead 20 minutes after the trap had been sprung.
(7 May 1896)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

There are 3381 births, 3949 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2084 other events about 5737 people in 6449 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

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Sunday 29th of October 1911 (-) — Newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer dies of unknown causes.
Pulitzer listened to his German secretary read aloud about King Louis XI of France. As the secretary neared the end Pulitzer said: "Leise, ganz leise" and died.
Sunday 6th of February 1955 (+) — Victim of Timothy Spencer aka The Southside Strangler Susan Hellams is born.