On the same day Purrington killed his wife Elizabeth, and seven of his eight children; 19-year-old Polly, 15-year-old Martha, 12-year-old Benjamin, 10-year-old Anna, 8-year-old Nathaniel, 6-year-old Nathan and 2-year-old Louisa. The Sunday before his death he wrote to his brother that on the reception of the letter he should be dead and requesting him to take charge of his family. (8 July 1806)
There are 3359 births, 3911 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.
Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.
Wednesday 26th of May 1971 (x) — Serial killer Juan Corona is arrested and charged with the murders of 25 migrant farm workers
Friday 18th of June 1971 (x) — Serial killer Juan Corona suffers a mild heart attack in his prison cell
Wednesday 19th of May 1971 (x) — The fresh corpse of 40-year-old Kenneth Whitacre is found on the ranch of Serial killer Juan Corona In the next days a total of 24 bodies was excavated from Corona's ranch.