Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Chicago, Illinois, United States || Haymarket Square

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

While the noose was being put around his neck, Panzram allegedly spat in his executioner's face and declared "I wish the entire human race had one neck, and I had my hands around it!" When asked by the executioner if he had any last words, Panzram barked "Yes, hurry it up, you Hoosier bastard! I could hang a dozen men while you're screwing around!"
(5 September 1930)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

There are 3393 births, 3960 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5748 people in 6461 places until today.

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

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Haymarket Square

Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Monday 6th of October 1969 (x) — The Haymarket Memorial statue is bombed by Radical left organisation the Weather Underground .
The blast broke nearly 100 windows in the neighborhood and scattered pieces of the statue onto the Kennedy Expressway below. The statue was rebuilt and unveiled on 4 May 1970.
Tuesday 6th of October 1970 (x) — The Haymarket Memorial statue is bombed once more by Radical left organisation the Weather Underground .
The statue was rebuilt again and Mayor Richard J. Daley posted a 24‑hour police guard at the statue. This guard cost $67.440 per year. In 1972 it was moved to the lobby of the Central Police Headquarters and in 1976 to the enclosed courtyard of the Chicago police academy.