Monday 3rd of February 1468 (-) — Blacksmith, goldsmith, inventor, printer and publisher Johannes Gutenberg dies of natural causes
Saturday 30th of April 1898 (+) — Assassin of SA-leader Horst Wessel Albrecht Höhler is born
Saturday 18th of April 1942 (+) — Formula One racer Jochen Rindt is born
Monday 20th of September 1954 (x) — Serial poisoner Christa Lehmann is sentenced to life-imprisonment
Imprisoned in Neuwied, Lehmann tried to commit suicide several times. She was released from prison after 23 years and changed her name. Her last words to a journalist after sentencing were "Ich mag Beerdigungen."
Monday 28th of March 1977 (-) — Victim of Bernd Bopp aka Der Hammermörder Sylvia Lauterbach is beaten to death by Bernd Bopp aka Der Hammermörder
Friday 7th of January 1977 (x) — Victim of Bernd Bopp aka Der Hammermörder Barbara Kiel is attacked by Bernd Bopp aka Der Hammermörder
Kiel survived.
Friday 15th of May 1981 (x) — Victim of Bernd Bopp aka Der Hammermörder Ulrike Hellmann is attacked by Bernd Bopp aka Der Hammermörder
Hellmann survived and remembered the licence plate number of her attacker's car. Later that day with the car registration number in their hands, Mainz police searched the area for the red Renault car driven by Bernd Bopp. Finding the car parked twenty miles away in Alzey, Bopp was lying in the sunshine near the car reading a book as police approached and arrested him.
