Rapper King Von on This Day in History

 

This day in history: Rap Artist King Von (Dayvon Bennett) was shot and killed in Atlanta on this day in 2020. Many believe that being a rapper may be America's deadliest profession.

"A 2015 study found jazz and blues singers have the longest lifespans, into their 60s, while male rap and hip-hop artists have the shortest life expectancy—under 30. When it comes to cause of death, more than 50% of the deaths of hip hop artists and rappers were due to homicide, compared to under 6% for metal, country, blues and jazz artists." Source

What sets King Von/Bennett out from the other rappers is that he is also accused of being a serial killer. In April 2023, over 2 years after Bennett's death, a four-hour long documentary titled King Von: Rap's First Serial Killer was released on YouTube by the YouTuber Trap Lore Ross, in which it was alleged that Bennett had been a serial killer who was involved in at least ten murders, including the murders of P5, Modell, Malcolm Stuckey, and Gakirah "K.I." Barnes; Bennett had been acquitted for the murder of Stuckey while he was alive and was concluded by Chicago authorities to be responsible for the murder of Barnes in 2021. In addition to the ten murders he was alleged to be the perpetrator of, he was also documented as the mandator to several other gang-related murders. According to the documentary, Bennett's primary motive to commit murder initially was a result of gang disputes, but later were done simply for thrill. The documentary was praised by many, but was soon taken down from YouTube following backlash from family and fans of Bennett.The documentary was later re-uploaded.

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The State of Georgia on This Day in History

 

This Day in History: The colony of Georgia was founded on this day in 1733 by James Oglethorpe, making this both Georgia Day and Oglethorpe Day. Georgia was started to serve as a buffer between the Carolinas and Spanish Florida, and Oglethorpe wanted to use Georgia as a penal colony for prisoners who couldn't pay their debts. Georgia was named after King George II who was king at the time.

Did you know?: Georgia has more soil types than any other state.

Roswell Georgia had the first telephone service in 1901. 

Sandy Springs GA is home to more Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies per capita than any other city in the nation. Some of the global leaders located here are UPS, First Data, Focus Brands, Newell Rubbermaid, Centene and Axiall, Mercedes Benz, Cox Communications, and CBS.

Georgia is the largest of the state east of the Mississippi River.

The cotton gin was invented in Georgia by Eli Whitney in 1793.

The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta is one of the largest in the world.

Coca Cola was invented in Atlanta in 1886.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the busiest airport in the world. Hartsfield-Jackson is located on an abandoned racetrack once known as the Atlanta Speedway.

Georgia has 159 counties, the most in the US behind Texas.

Carrying an ice cream cone in your pocket on Sundays in Georgia is illegal.

There are at least 50 streets in Atlanta all with "Peachtree" in their name.

Gainesville, Georgia is the chicken capital of the world, however, it is illegal to eat chicken with a fork there.

In Columbus, Georgia, it is illegal to set one price for two beers. It is also illegal to carve your initials on a tree in Columbus.

The Deadliest Hotel Fire on This Day in History

 

This day in history: The deadliest hotel fire in United States history happened on this day (December 7) in 1946. The Winecoff Hotel fire killed 119 hotel occupants, including the hotel's original owners. Located at 176 Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, the Winecoff Hotel was advertised as "absolutely fireproof". While the hotel's steel structure was indeed protected against the effects of fire, the hotel's interior finishes were combustible, and the building's exit arrangements consisted of a single stairway serving all fifteen floors. All of the hotel's occupants above the fire's origin on the third floor were trapped, and the fire's survivors either were rescued from upper-story windows or jumped into nets held by firemen.

The fire was notable for the number of victims who jumped to their deaths. A photograph of one survivor's fall won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for Photography. 1946 was notable for the number of deadly hotel fires. On June 5, 1946 the La Salle Hotel caught fire in Chicago (with 61 fatalities), and on June 19, 1946 the Canfield Hotel caught fire in Dubuque, Iowa (with 19 fatalities) These three fires spurred significant changes in North American building codes, most significantly requiring multiple protected means of egress and self-closing fire-resistive doors for guest rooms in hotels. 

The deadliest hotel fire happened in 1971. On Christmas Day 1971, the Daeyeonggak Hotel in Seoul, South Korea, suffered a gas explosion. The resulting fire killed 164 people and injured 63 people. 

"Fire departments across the city scrambled to the scene – but their ladders could barely reach the eighth floor. Tragically, 38 people jumped to their deaths, some clutching mattresses in an attempt to dampen their fall. Helicopters were dispatched to rescue those in floors nine to 22 – and one man fell out of a helicopter during a rescue attempt." Source

The worst building fire ever in the US was of course the 9/11 World Trade Center horror. However, before that worst building fire was the Ohio Penitentiary on April 20, 1930, where a candle ignited some oily rags and killed 322 inmates. 

However, the worst building fire in the world before 9/11 happened on December 8 in 1863. The Jesuit church, Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús, in Santiago Chile, burned up thanks to gas and oil lamps and killed over 2500 people.

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