Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Cummins, Gordon

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

The ship was en route from Ziguinchor to Dakar when it ran into a violent storm farther out to sea than it was licensed to sail. The estimated 2000 passengers aboard would have amounted to at least three times the ship's design capacity. The large numbers sleeping on-deck added further instability. Only 64 passengers survived.
(26 September 2002)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

There are 3346 births, 3884 deaths, 1122 murders, 492 disasters and 2018 other events about 5697 people in 6343 places until today.

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		Serial killer Gordon Frederick Cummins aka The Blackout Ripper 9 February 1942 (-) strangled Evelyn Hamilton in London, United Kingdom. 10 February 1942 (-) strangled Evelyn Oatley in London, United Kingdom. 11 February 1942 (-) strangled and mutilated Margaret Lowe in London, United Kingdom. 12 February 1942 (-) stabbed and sexually mutilated Doris Jouannet in London, United Kingdom. 14 February 1942 (x) attacked Greta Hayward in London, United Kingdom. 16 February 1942 (x) is arrested in London, United Kingdom. 24 April 1942 (x) Start of the trial against Cummins in London, United Kingdom. 25 June 1942 (-) is executed by hanging in London, United Kingdom.
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