Tuesday 9th of July 1850 (-) — 12th President of the United States Zachary Taylor dies of cholera morbus
On 4 July 4 Taylor reportedly consumed copious amounts of raw fruit and iced milk while attending holiday celebrations during a fund-raising event at the Washington Monument.
Thursday 19th of May 1870 (+) — Serial killer, child rapist and cannibal Albert Fish is born
Friday 30th of June 1882 (-) — Writer, lawyer and assassin Charles Guiteau is executed by hanging
Guiteau notoriously danced his way to the gallows and shook hands with his executioner. On the scaffold, as a last request, he recited a poem called "I am Going to the Lordy" which he had written during his incarceration. He had originally requested an orchestra to play as he sang his poem but this request was denied.
Tuesday 1st of January 1895 (+) — 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation John Edgar Hoover is born
Saturday 11th of June 1898 (x) — Inventor Emile Berliner makes the first wax-record, a precursor of the single and lp-records
Saturday 29th of April 1899 (+) — Bandleader and composer Duke Ellington is born
Sunday 19th of October 1913 (+) — Victim of Edmund Kemper aka The Co-ed Killer Sara Hallett is born
Thursday 16th of August 1928 (x) — Serial killer, rapist, arsonist and burglar Carl Panzram is arrested
Saturday 3rd of August 1929 (-) — Inventor Emile Berliner dies of a heart attack
Saturday 8th of March 1930 (-) — 27th President of the United States William Howard Taft dies of unknown causes
Sunday 2nd of April 1939 (+) — Singer-songwriter and musician Marvin Gaye is born
Friday 14th of February 1947 (+) — Musician Tim Buckley is born
Tuesday 2nd of May 1972 (-) — 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation John Edgar Hoover dies of a heart attack
Monday 21st of June 1982 (x) — Would-be assassin John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity and confined to St. Elizabeths Hospital
