Centenaries - whole and half

[sdreid]

This kindly old man had been saving for a day out. Maybe one of the homeless couples he periodically helped noticed that he sometimes tucked money away, and talked to a friend who paid a visit. £23 (which he planned to blow on a visit to Skegness with his son) was quite a lot of money in the 1960's.

A sad story. Accounting for the devaluation of the pound and inflation, 23 pounds in 1965 would be about 335 pounds or 523 U.S. dollars today.

[Rosella]

This kindly old man had been saving for a day out. Maybe one of the homeless couples he periodically helped noticed that he sometimes tucked money away, and talked to a friend who paid a visit. £23 (which he planned to blow on a visit to Skegness with his son) was quite a lot of money in the 1960's.

[sdreid]

50 years ago - 1965 September 13 - In England, Sidney Leeson, a 75-year-old widower, is beaten, stabbed and robbed in his home. It is believed that Mr. Leeson actually died choking to death on his dentures that had been pushed into his throat. The victim was known for helping the homeless and had apparently willingly admitted the killer into his residence. The murder remains unsolved.

[Mayerling]

I tried to find that out and couldn't pin it down either way Jeff. In other words, I don't know if the sources have converted it from O.S. or not so I went with what I had. If you know, I will take note.

I wouldn't actually know myself Stan, but with any date before the acceptance of the Gregorian Calendar I have doubts. Years ago there were birthday cards listing everyone famous born on a particular date, but going back to Julius Caesar. I looked at the list and pointed to the pre-16/17th Century dates, and asked the person who gave me the card, "How could they be sure?"

Jeff

[sdreid]

Wouldn't the date in 1015 be according to the old Julian calendar, not the Gregorian we use today?

I tried to find that out and couldn't pin it down either way Jeff. In other words, I don't know if the sources have converted it from O.S. or not so I went with what I had. If you know, I will take note.

[Mayerling]

1000 years ago - 1015 September 5 - Gleb Vladimirovich is murdered when his own cook, a man known as Torchin, cuts his throat. The killing was at the behest of the future ruler of Kiev who regarded Gleb as a potential rival for the throne.

Wouldn't the date in 1015 be according to the old Julian calendar, not the Gregorian we use today?

[sdreid]

50 years ago - 1965 September 8 - Margaret Reynolds, 6, vanishes as she walks to school in England. In the following January, her body, along with the remains of another little girl who disappeared later in the year, was found in a ditch. There is little doubt that these girls where murdered by a man named Raymond Morris. In 1968, he was found guilty of murdering third young girl and given a life sentence. Morris died incarcerated in 2014.

[sdreid]

1000 years ago - 1015 September 5 - Gleb Vladimirovich is murdered when his own cook, a man known as Torchin, cuts his throat. The killing was at the behest of the future ruler of Kiev who regarded Gleb as a potential rival for the throne.

[sdreid]

50 years ago - 1965 September 3 - At Stockport, England, the partially clothed body of Edith Gleaves, 38, is found in a field. The victim had been brutally raped and possibly suffocated. On the previous evening, Ms. Gleaves had been seen in the company of two men who were said to have Cockney accents. Police had good descriptions of the men and received many tips but they were never able to solve the murder.

[sdreid]

100 years ago - 1915 August 28 - William Burkitt of England stabs, his mistress, Mary Jane Tyler several times in the throat. He was tried for murder but only convicted of manslaughter. After a prison term, he was released and killed another female cohabitant then again only convicted of manslaughter. Back in prison, then out again, he killed another woman he was living with and, as usual, only convicted of manslaughter, however this time his prison sentence was permanent.

50 years ago -1965 August 28 - In Florida. Carmela Coppolino is killed with anesthetic poisoning. Dr. Carl Coppolino, her husband, was convicted of second degree murder but paroled in 1979. The doctor was also put on trial for killing the husband of his mistress in New Jersey but was acquitted on that charge.

[sdreid]

250 years ago - 1765 August 25 - In England, Maria Jenkins, a maid, kills her newborn son. She dropped him down into the pit of the latrine in her employer's backyard. Ms. Jenkins was convicted of murdering, what was referred to in contemporary parlance as, her bastard child and hanged in the following month.

[Ginger]

50 years ago - 1965 August 24 - Mariann Colby, 40, lures John Young Jr., 8, to her Ohio home by claiming that she might have his lost jacket. When John gets there, she shoots him in the head, killing him. In court, Colby was found not guilty by reason of insanity and sent to an asylum then released in 1972.

http://greendoch.com/finds/?p=53 has some accounts by children who lived in the neighborhood at the time.

[sdreid]

50 years ago - 1965 August 24 - Mariann Colby, 40, lures John Young Jr., 8, to her Ohio home by claiming that she might have his lost jacket. When John gets there, she shoots him in the head, killing him. In court, Colby was found not guilty by reason of insanity and sent to an asylum then released in 1972.

[sdreid]

50 years ago - 1965 August 22 - Hermann Schmitz, 25, is stabbed in the heart and murdered in a German lover's lane by serial killer Joachim Kroll. The victim's girlfriend escaped the attacker. Kroll was believed to have murdered at least 14 individuals from 1955-1976. In 1976, he was arrested when a sewer pipe in his neighborhood was found to be clogged with the internal organs of a little girl and more of her body parts were found cooking on his stove. Kroll was then sent to prison for life where he died in 1991.

[sdreid]

50 years ago - 1965 August 20 - Jonathan Daniels, an Episcopal seminarian and civil rights activist, is cut down by a shotgun blast in front of an Alabama store. Daniels was attempting to enter the integrated business with two black women and a Catholic Priest named Richard Morrisroe when they were confronted by a gun wielding Tom Coleman. Father Morrisroe was also shot in the back but survived his wounds. The shooter was tried for the killing but, although none of the activists were armed, was acquitted on the grounds of self defense. Coleman died in 1997.