Thursday, September 4, 2014

29th year - N° 247 Thursday, 4 September 2014

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
29th year - N° 247 Thursday, 4 September 2014

4 September / Today's 2 Events:
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120 years ago

Tuesday 4th of September 1894

Benjamin Freelon Pitezel is murdered by serial killer Henry Howard Holmes aka The Torture Doctor in 1316 Callowhill Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Pitezel had agreed to fake his own death so that his wife could collect on the $10.000 policy, which she was to split with Holmes.


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107 years ago It Needed to Be So

Wednesday 4th of September 1907

Composer Edvard Hagerup Grieg dies of unknown causes at the age of 64 in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway.

Grieg's final words were "Well, if it must be so."


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