Monday 4th of July 1910 (x) — Boxer Jack Johnson wins from white Jim Jeffries in the World Championship in 'The Fight of the Century'
Johnson's victory caused huge race-riots all over the country. In all, riots occurred in more than 25 states and 50 cities. Twenty people were killed across America from the riots, and hundreds more were injured.
Saturday 24th of October 1953 (x) — Serial killer Juan Corona marries Gabriella E. Hermosillo
In 1959 Corona married Gloria I. Moreno.
Tuesday 24th of October 1967 (+) — Heavy Metal fan Raymond Belknap is born
Monday 29th of March 1982 (x) — Mass murderess Priscilla Ford is sentenced to death for six counts of murder and 23 counts of attempted murder
Ford's comment was: "I would like to be left alone to die in peace."
Monday 23rd of December 1985 (-) — Heavy Metal fan Raymond Belknap commits suicide by a shot through the head
Belknap and his 20-year-old friend James Vance engaged in a suicide pact after listening intensively to the Judas Priest song "Better by You, Better than Me" that supposedly contained a subliminal message "do it". Vance followed but survived the self-inflicted gunshot wound with a severely disfigured face. He died three years later after a suicidal overdose of painkillers.
