Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Colombo, Joseph

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Several photographs were taken of the lynching, which were published and sold as postcards in local stores for 25 cents each, a common practice after lynchings, along with pieces of the rope, Frank's nightshirt, and branches from the tree.
(17 August 1915)

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		Mobster and crime boss Joseph Anthony 'Joe' Colombo 16 June 1923 (+) is born in New York, United States. 28 June 1971 (x) Before thousands of stunned spectators and amid heavy police security, Colombo is shot three times in the head and neck by black street hustler Jerome Johnson in New York City, United States. 22 May 1978 (-) dies of cardiac arrest in a vegetative state after being shot in the head on 28 June 1971 in Newburgh, United States.
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