Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 23 November 1910

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Unruh returned to his apartment and engaged in a standoff. Over 60 police surrounded his home and a shootout ensued, in which he surrendered. The victims were 27-year old John Joseph Pilarchik, 6-year-old Orris Martin Smith, 33-year-old Clark Hoover, 45-year-old James Hutton, 38-year-old Rose Cohen, 63-year-old Minnie Cohen, 39-year-old Maurice J. Cohen, 24-year-old Alvin Day, 2-year-old Thomas Hamilton, 28-year-old Helga Kautzach Zegrino, 37-year-old Helen Wilson, 68-year-old Emma Matlack and 9-year-old John Wilson. Unruh's last public words, made during an interview with a psychologist, were "I'd have killed a thousand if I had enough bullets."
(6 September 1949)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 23rd of November 1910 115 years ago
Murderer Johan Alfred Andersson Ander is executed by the Guillotine at the age of 37 in Långholmen Prison, Långholmen, Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden. Ander was the first person to be executed by the Guillotine and it was the last execution ever in Sweden.