Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 26 April 1912

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Thurmond and Holmes had kidnapped and killed Brooke Hart on 9 November but continued to send ransom notes to his family, owners of Harts Department Store. Governor James 'Sunny Jim' Rolph praised the action, stating that California had sent a message to future kidnappers and promised to pardon anyone involved in the lynching.
(26 November 1933)

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BirthFactDeath (+) Friday 26th of April 1912 113 years ago
Science fiction writer Alfred Elton van Vogt is born in Edenburg, Manitoba, Canada. "Childhood was a terrible period for me. I was like a ship without anchor being swept along through darkness in a storm. Again and again I sought shelter, only to be forced out of it by something new."