Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 10 July 1979

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

Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on 2 July. The bullet wound was probed with unwashed fingers by doctors trying to find the bullet.
(19 September 1881)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Tuesday 10th of July 1979 46 years ago
26-year-old serial killer David Berkowitz, originally Richard David Falco aka Son of Sam is attacked with a razor, almost cutting his throat, by an unidentified fellow-inmate in Attica Prison, Attica, New York, United States. Berkowitz refused to identify the person(s) who had attacked him with a knife but suggested that the act was directed by the cult he once belonged to. He bears a permanent scar from the wound that took 56 stitches to close.