Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States

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

The day before, with Heirens's parents and the victims' families attending and Chief Justice Harold G. Ward presiding, Heirens admitted his guilt on the burglary and murder charges.
(5 September 1946)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.

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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Saturday 25th of September 1982 (x) — Spree killer George Banks shoots 13 people including three of his girlfriends and five of his children to death with a Colt AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.
Banks said he killed his children because he felt they would be tormented by the cruelty of racial views against mixed-race children. Since his conviction Banks has tried to kill himself four times and has gone on hunger strikes that required him to be force-fed.