Spree killer Mark Essex sniped policeman, set traps, and used tactical distractions to wage war against the City New Orleans. He was so effective that a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter was loaned to the police so they could counter attack him while perched atop a hotel in a fortified position.
The city with the highest crime rate in the US is East St. Louis, IL; its murder rate is 101 per 100k residents, which is more than double that of the city with the number 2 murder rate, Gary, IN, and also higher than the country of Honduras, whose murder rate is the highest in the world.
A New Orleans police officer committed an armed robber murdering a uniformed policeman and two employees in the process. One employee hid in the freezer and was spared, the officer returned to “investigate” the crime and was identified by the survivor as the shooter.
A man named Walter Summerford was struck by lightning 3 times in his life. After his death, his gravestone was also struck.
After Mark Twain met Helen Keller at a dinner party he was so impressed with her that he wrote to the wife Henry H. Rogers, a wealthy oil magnate, pleading her to convince her husband to support Keller’s education. Mr. Rogers agreed and personally paid her entire education.
The most senior crayon maker for Crayola revealed at his retirement party that he was colorblind his entire time working for the company.
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1837 - Charles Tiffany founded his jewelry and china stores
1929 - 1st legal pass in Canada was thrown by Gerry Seiberling and 1st reception by Ralph Losie of Calgary Altomah-Tigers against Edmonton
1943 - Soviet forces reach Dnjepr
1943 - Lynch Triangle (Square) in Bronx named
1957 - Pote Sarasin forms government in Thailand
1986 - SD Padre Jimmy Jones pitchs 1-hitter in his major league debut
1817 - Charles Balmer, composer
1947 - Stephen King, Portland, Maine, sci-fi/horror author (Carrie, Shining, Kujo)
1978 - Doug Howlett, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1979 - Julian Gray, English footballer
1983 - Anna Meares, Australian cyclist
1989 - Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins, American skateboarder
1705 - Willem Hadriaan of Nassau, corrupt mister of Odijck, dies
1798 - George Read, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 65
1812 - Emmanuel Johann Joseph Schikaneder, composer, dies at 61
1961 - Maurice Delage, composer, dies at 81
1976 - Orlando Letelier, minister Chile, dies
1988 - Henry Koster, director, dies
