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Tuesday 11th of March 1947 (-) — Con artist Victor Lustig dies of pneumonia
Friday 27th of January 1961 (x) — Postal worker and would-be assassin Richard Pavlick is committed to a mental hospital Pavlick planned to blow up President Kennedy in Palm Beach on 11 December 1960. Thursday 21st of November 1963 (-) — Double murderer Robert Stroud dies of natural causes Stroud was incarcerated for the last 54 years of his life, of which 42 were spent in solitary confinement. Because of Stroud's contributions to the field of ornithology, he gained a large following of thousands of bird breeders, and poultry raisers who demanded his release and for many years a 'Committee to Release Robert F. Stroud' campaigned to have Stroud released from prison. Because Stroud had killed a federal officer his punishment in solitary confinement remained intact. Friday 14th of February 1969 (-) — Mobster and crime boss Vito Genovese dies of a heart attack
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