Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 4 April 1979

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

Although the official death toll was 78 and at the time it was estimated to be 200–250, more recent studies have estimated the death toll at over 500.
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There are 3346 births, 3884 deaths, 1122 murders, 492 disasters and 2018 other events about 5697 people in 6343 places until today.

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Wednesday 4th of April 1979

45 years ago

Josephine Whitaker is beaten and stabbed to death by serial killer Peter Sutcliffe aka The Yorkshire Ripper at the age of 19 in Saville Park, Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

Whitaker was hit from behind with a ball-pein hammer. Sutcliffe then proceeded to stab her twenty-one times with the screwdriver in the chest and stomach, and six times in the right leg, and also thrust the screwdriver into her vagina. Her skull had been fractured from ear to ear.