Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 4 September 1894

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

Seven of the nine occupants were killed: Nelson and his 27-year-old companion Helen Blair, 35-year-old bass guitarist Patrick Woodward, 22-year-old drummer Rick Intveld, 34-year-old keyboardist Andy Chapin, 38-year-old guitarist Bobby Neal, and 35-year-old road manager/soundman Donald Clark Russell. Pilots Ken Ferguson and Brad Rank escaped via cockpit windows, although Ferguson was severely burned.
(31 December 1985)

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Tuesday 4th of September 1894

131 years ago

Benjamin Freelon Pitezel is murdered by serial killer Henry Howard Holmes aka The Torture Doctor at the age of 38 in 1316 Callowhill Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Pitezel had agreed to fake his own death so that his wife could collect on the $10.000 policy, which she was to split with Holmes.