On the same day Purrington killed his wife Elizabeth, and seven of his eight children; 19-year-old Polly, 15-year-old Martha, 12-year-old Benjamin, 10-year-old Anna, 8-year-old Nathaniel, 6-year-old Nathan and 2-year-old Louisa. The Sunday before his death he wrote to his brother that on the reception of the letter he should be dead and requesting him to take charge of his family. (8 July 1806)
There are 3366 births, 3930 deaths, 1121 murders, 498 disasters and 2076 other events about 5724 people in 6431 places until today.
Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.
Friday 1st of September 1967 (-) — Wife of camp commandant and human-skin-handywoman Ilse Koch commits suicide by hanging
Sunday 25th of March 2007 (x) — Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion and Sozialistisches Patientenkollektiv Brigitte Mohnhaupt is released from prison after 24 years Mohnhaupt was the longest ever imprisoned member of the Rote Armee Fraktion.