32nd year - N° 249 Wednesday, 6 September 2017

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
32nd year - N° 249 Wednesday, 6 September 2017

6 September / Today's 9 Events:

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(+) 205 years ago Sunday 6th of September 1812 Perpetrator of the Mountain Meadows massacre John Doyle Lee is born in Kaskaskia, Illinois, United States.

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(+) 102 years ago Monday 6th of September 1915 Bayerischer Ministerpräsident Franz Josef Strauß is born in Schellingstraße 49, Maxvorstadt, München, Bayern, Germany.

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(+) 70 years ago Saturday 6th of September 1947 Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion and Sozialistisches Patientenkollektiv Klaus Jünschke is born in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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(x) 68 years ago He'd Have Killed a Thousand Tuesday 6th of September 1949 28-year-old Spree killer Howard Barton Unruh aka The Walker of Death shoots thirteen people to death in twelve minutes in Camden, New Jersey, United States. Unruh returned to his apartment and engaged in a standoff. Over 60 police surrounded his home and a shootout ensued, in which he surrendered. The victims were 27-year old John Joseph Pilarchik, 6-year-old Orris Martin Smith, 33-year-old Clark Hoover, 45-year-old James Hutton, 38-year-old Rose Cohen, 63-year-old Minnie Cohen, 39-year-old Maurice J. Cohen, 24-year-old Alvin Day, 2-year-old Thomas Hamilton, 28-year-old Helga Kautzach Zegrino, 37-year-old Helen Wilson, 68-year-old Emma Matlack and 9-year-old John Wilson. Unruh's last public words, made during an interview with a psychologist, were "I'd have killed a thousand if I had enough bullets."

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(-) 55 years ago Thursday 6th of September 1962 Composer Hanns Eisler dies of a heart attack at the age of 64 in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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(x) 46 years ago Monday 6th of September 1971 40-year-old Mass murderer Clifford Bartholomew shoots 10 relatives in the head during a party in Hope Forest, Francis Road, Willunga, South Australia, Australia. The victims were 40-year-old Heather Alice Bartholomew and her seven children, 19-year-old Neville Kenneth, 17-year-old Christine Heather, 15-year-old Sharon Anne, 13-year-old Helen Joy, 10-year-old Gregory Kym, 7-year-old Roger Clifford and 5-year-old Sandra Jane, and 23-year-old Winnie Mary Keane and her 2-year-old son Daniel Brian Sean.

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(-) 43 years ago Friday 6th of September 1974 Derek Astin is shot dead by multiple murderer Donald Neilson aka The Black Panther in Baxenden Post Office, 523 Manchester Road, Higher Baxenden, Accrington, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

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(x) 40 years ago War Er Gefangener der R.A.F. Tuesday 6th of September 1977 die Rote Armee Fraktion aka Baader-Meinhof Gruppe Kommando Siegfried Hausner claims the kidnapping of Hanns Martin Schleyer and demands the release of all imprisoned RAF members in Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany. Siegfried Hausner was an SPK and later RAF member who died due to an explosion at the Stockholm Embassy in 1975. Schleyer was held prisoner in a highrise in Erftstadt near Köln.

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(x) 38 years ago Thursday 6th of September 1979 33-year-old Serial killer Peter William Sutcliffe aka The Yorkshire Ripper mails his 'Streetcleaner'-poem to the Star newspaper in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Poor old Oldfield - Worked in a coldfield Hobson has no choice - Misled by a voice Release of drury - Arouses fury Bradford was not me - But just wait and see

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