Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Arboga, Västmanland Län, Sweden

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

Becker's electrocution took nine minutes, causing him intense agony, and was described for years afterward as "the clumsiest execution in the history of Sing Sing."
(30 July 1915)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

There are 3366 births, 3927 deaths, 1121 murders, 497 disasters and 2076 other events about 5724 people in 6428 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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Arboga, Västmanlands Län, Sweden.

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Thursday 17th of May 1900 (x) — Mass murderer John Nordlund kills the Princ Carl steamboat's captain Olof Rönngren, a butcher, an old lady, a farmer and a cattle merchant and wounds another nine passengers
Nordlund's plan was to rob and kill as many people as possible on the ship and steal the ship's register. To avoid early detection he also planned to torch the ship. This plan failed because scared passengers on the boat managed to attract the attention of the Köping ferry.