Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 2 May 1957

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

Zakotnova was Chikatilo's first victim. Other suspects for the murder were 25-year-old Alexander Kravchenko and 50-year-old Anatoly Grigoriev. On 8 January 1979 Grigoriev hanged himself. On 5 July 1983 Kravchenko was executed for the murder.
(22 December 1978)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 2nd of May 1957 67 years ago
Anti-Communist and anti-homosexual witch-hunter Joseph Raymond McCarthy dies of acute hepatitis and an inflammation of the liver due to alcoholism at the age of 49 in Naval Medical Center, 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, United States. It was hinted in the press that McCarthy died of alcoholism, an estimation that is now accepted by contemporary biographers.