Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 May 1905

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

Reich was serving a two-year term for distributing his invention, the 'orgone energy accumulator' in violation of the Food and Drug Act. Reich was buried in a vault at Orgonon that he had asked his caretaker to dig in 1955. He had left instructions that there was to be no religious ceremony but that a record should be played of Schubert's 'Ave Maria' sung by Marian Anderson.
(3 November 1957)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 8th of May 1905 121 years, 8 months and 21 days ago
Bank robber William Franklin Rudolph aka The Missouri Kid is executed by hanging at the age of 22 in Union, Missouri, United States. A crowd of more than 200 people including many female admirers gathered to witness the spectacle.