Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 10 December 1945

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

LaPorte composed himself in the position of the Buddhist monks of Vietnam, doused himself with gasoline and set himself aflame. LaPorte died the next day at Bellevue Hospital from second- and third-degree burns covering 95 percent of his body. Despite his burns LaPorte remained conscious and able to speak. When asked why he had burned himself LaPorte calmly replied, "I'm a Catholic Worker. I'm against war, all wars. I did this as a religious action...all the hatred of the world." At the hospital, Catholic Workers sang 'This Little Light of Mine'.
(9 November 1965)

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Monday 10th of December 1945
81 years, 3 months and 5 days ago

Frances Brown is battered, shot and stabbed to death by serial killer William Heirens aka Catch Me Before I Kill More at the age of 32 in Pine Crest Residential Hotel, Pine Grove Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

On the bedroom wall Heirens wrote in lipstick: “For heaven’s sake catch me before I kill more I cannot control myself”.