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

Van Valkenburgh was hanged in an unusual way because of her broken leg and her obesity. She was carried to the gallows in her rocking chair and was rocking away when the trap was sprung.
(24 January 1846)

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.

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Rosstraße, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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Saturday 31st of August 1929 (x) — Victim of Peter Kürten aka The Vampire of Düsseldorf Sofie Ruck is attacked with a hammer by Peter Kürten aka The Vampire of Düsseldorf.
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