November 7, 1929Rowe, New Mexico15-year-old Alfonso Sedillo becomes lost in the mountains, eventually succumbing to the elements Sedillo and two friends had gone into the mountains about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Santa Fe to pick piñon nuts. Sedillo’s companions left their campsite to retrieve some water from a nearby spring, at which point…
“Founder of transplantology” successfully joins two dogs in controversial transplant experiment
February 24, 1954 Moscow, Russia Vladimir Petrovich Demikhov successfully joins two dogs in a controversial transplant experiment Demikhov had previous experimented with dogs, trying to perfect organ transplant with hearts and lungs; his hope was to eventually perform successful organ transplants on humans. After completing several organ transplants, Demikhov began experimenting with creating two-headed dogs.…
Woman killed in dog attack
January 26, 2001 San Francisco, California Lacrosse player and former Olympic hopeful Diane Whipple is attacked at her home by 2 Perro de Presa Canario dogs being cared for by her neighbors The dogs, Bane and Hera, had belonged to Paul Schneider who was serving a life sentence. Schneider and his cell mate were allegedly…
The Illustrated Police News– Sept. 15, 1888
The front page of The Illustrated Police News Published September 15, 1888 London, England The cover shows various stories including another Whitechapel murder (possibly Annie Chapman, Jack the Ripper's second victim), a lion-tamer battling a lion in menagerie, and some sort of commotion during a Welsh wake. Unfortunately, I could only find the cover and…
“Murderous Mary” the elephant is hanged
September 13, 1916 Erwin, Tennessee Mary the elephant, dubbed "Murderous Mary" following a sensationalized media frenzy, is publicly hanged Mary had been the star of many circus performances including a parade on September 11, 1916. During this particular parade a homeless man named Red Eldridge, who had recently been hired as an elephant trainer despite…
