Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for April 19th: https://ko-fi.com/post/April-19-The-Story-of-an-Hour-W7W21E0SSE
April 19, 1998, South Bend: Mom, Stephanie, and I saw City of Angels at University Park Mall. I liked it because it was a celebration of why it’s good to be human. Afterward we went to Denny’s and had pie and coffee. Later, sitting in my room reading a People magazine with Tammy Wynette on the cover, I heard on the radio that Linda McCartney had died. She and Paul had been together for the past 30 years.
Bummer April 19th
April 19, 1824: George Gordon, Sixth Lord Byron, dies of malaria while fighting in Greece for Greek independence from the Ottoman Empire. He is 36 years old.
April 19, 1995: The federal government building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is destroyed by a terrorist truck bomb. White supremacist domestic terrorists destroy the building in retaliation for incidents in which civilians were wrongly killed by the federal government. An estimated 168 people are killed and almost 700 more are injured. Among the dead are six children who were in day care inside the building.
April 19, 2000: Ten-year-old Candace Newmaker dies of suffocation after taking part in a “rebirthing session” initiated by her adoptive mother Jeane. Candace reportedly had behavior problems while adjusting to being removed from the home of her biological parents, entering foster care, and being adopted. A psychologist in her home state of North Carolina referred Jeane Newmaker to unlicensed Colorado therapist Connell Watkins, who worked with co-therapist Julie Ponder.
Watkins and Ponder wrapped Candace in a flannel sheet and covered her with pillows, then told her to free herself to simulate the experience of being born. They hoped Candace would then start to bond with Jeane as a newborn baby would naturally born with its biological birthing parent, based on the theory of reactive attachment disorder. Candace complained that she couldn’t breathe and vomited inside the wrappings, but the therapists did not offer any help in releasing her. After Jeane left the room, Ponder releases Candace, who is not breathing and unresponsive. Candace is taken to a hospital in Denver, where she dies on the 19th without ever regaining consciousness.
Watkins and Ponder are sentenced to 16 years in prison for child abuse; Jeane pleads guilty to a lesser charge and receives a 4-year suspended sentence, which is later expunged.
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