Almanac for September 5

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for Sept. 5th: https://ko-fi.com/post/September-5th-Freddie-T6T312SDNJ

The Sept. 5, 1926 Washington (D.C.) Evening Star

Bummer September 5th

September 5, 1970: German race car driver Jochen Rindt is killed when his Lotus 72 crashes during practice for the Italian Grand Prix. As Rindt goes to brake, the car's right front inboard brake shaft fails, propelling him into the guard rail. The improperly installed guard rail gives way, and the Lotus crashes head-on into a stanchion. Rindt’s 5-point seatbelt, with only four of the five restraints engaged, allows his body to slip forward. As he does, the belt slits his throat. Rindt dies on the way to the hospital. 

Jochan Rindt. This is an image from the Nationaal Archief, the Dutch National Archives, and Spaarnestad Photo, donated in the context of a partnership program.

September 5, 1983: Canadian stunt performer Ken Carter is killed when the rocket car he’s using to jump over an Ontario pond overshoots the landing ramp, flips, and lands on its roof. 

Almanac for May 7th

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for May 7th: https://ko-fi.com/post/May-7-M4M41EMSLE

Artist Birthday: Robert Browning

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Pleasantville (NJ) Press, April 30, 1926

Sadly, I lost this audiobook file in a laptop crash. 

Bummer May 7th

May 7, 1896: Serial killer H.H. Holmes (real name: Herman Webster Mudgett) is executed by hanging at Moyamensing Prison in Philadelphia after his conviction for 27 murders and attempted murder of six other people. His neck does not break when his body is dropped, and it takes over 15 minutes for Holmes to strangle to death. 

May 7, 1918: The RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat, killing 1,198 people.

May 7, 1999: As part of a NATO action intended to curb Serbian aggression in Kosovo, a NATO aircraft accidentally bombs the Chinese embassy to Serbia, killing three Chinese citizens and injuring 20 others. 

Almanac for February 3rd

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for February 3rd: https://ko-fi.com/post/February-3-The-Day-the-Music-Died-V7V419Z732

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Author Julie S. Howlin post of the day: The Day the Music Died

Bummer February 3rd

February 3, 1959: “The Day the Music Died,” when early rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson were all killed in a plane crash outside Clear Lake, Iowa. The musicians had performed at Clear Lake’s Surf Ballroom and were on their way to their next show in Minnesota. This accident is remembered in poetic form through the Don McLean song “American Pie,” recorded on May 26, 1971. 

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