Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 9 September 1973

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The piece began when I took my clothes off, jeans and a t-shirt, and lay on my floor on my back. A friend hammered a star-shaped stud into my sternum. I then sat in a chair and had all my hair cut off. Finally, I dressed in some FBI clothes I had bought for the piece.
(3 October 1971)

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Sunday 9th of September 1973

52 years ago

Jewry Billings is assaulted and raped with a hammer by serial killer Harvey Carignan aka The Want-Ad Killer aka Harv the Hammer at the age of 13 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

When Billings' ordeal was over Carignan released his battered captive but the incident was so humiliating that the girl maintained it as a closely-guarded secret for a period of several months.