Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for November 11th: https://ko-fi.com/post/November-11-Vonnegut-M4M315V75I
Today's Observance: Veterans Day/Armistice Day
Artist Birthday: Peaches (Merrill Nisker)
Bummer November 11th
November 11, 1994: Pedro Pablo Zamora, an AIDS educator who appeared on the MTV program The Real World: San Francisco, dies of AIDS-related illness at the age of 22.
November 11, 1995: Kenule (Ken) Beeson Saro-Wiwa, who belonged to the Ogoni people of Nigeria, became a well-known playwright and environmental activist in response to the degraded environment of his native Ogoniland region caused by irresponsible petroleum waste disposal. He was assassinated by hanging under the false charge that he’d been involved in the murder of four Ogoni chiefs. Eight other activists were similarly falsely accused and executed by Nigeria’s military dictatorship.
November 11, 2000: One hundred sixty skiers ride the ascending train of the funicular railway to Kitzsteinhorn Glaciers near Kaprun, Austria. The last car of the train, with no passengers in it, overheats when a heating unit malfunctions. Fire breaks out, melting the pipes carrying hydraulic fluid to the braking system. The loss of pressure to the system made the doors inoperable, and the electrical system also went out. Twelve passengers toward the rear broke out the acrylic window of their train car and escaped downward toward the bottom of the train tunnel.
The conductor manages to open a door manually, and the remaining passengers who are still conscious and have not passed out due to smoke inhalation flee the funicular by walking upwards toward the top of the tunnel. The conductor and all of those passengers who walk upwards pass away due to smoke inhalation. In all, there are 155 fatalities, including German Olympic skier Sandra Schmitt and her parents.
November 11, 2008: 30-year-old Paula Goodspeed, an aspiring singer, is found dead in her car outside the home of singer Paula Abdul in Sherman Oaks, California. She is suspected to have died by suicide using an overdose of prescription drugs. Abdul had been one of the judges on the episode of American Idol on which Goodspeed appeared as a contestant, singing a rendition of "Proud Mary" in the style of Ike & Tina Turner.
Goodspeed, whose given first name at birth was Sandra, changed her name to Paula. She has been characterized in the media as stalking Paula Abdul, although members of Goodspeed's family have disputed this characterization. Officials who responded to the discovery of Goodspeed's body found a photo of Abdul hanging from Goodspeed's car's rearview mirror.
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