January 1954
Events that took place in Fairfax County in January, 1954:
- January 4 – The Thomas Jefferson Library opens in a small room behind a barber shop in the Graham Road Shopping Center.
- January 9 – 34-year-old Walter S. Clark uses a borrowed shotgun to kill 25-year-old Lorraine E. Schultz and her mother, 46-year-old Edna B. Brown, at their home on Old Telegraph Road in Alexandria before he himself is shot to death by several policemen who track him to an abandoned chicken coop nearby. Clark also wounds 31-year-old Herman J. Schultz, 23-year-old William N. Brown, Jr., and Fairfax County Police Detective Dennis R. O'Neil in his spree.[1][2]
- January 10 – 55-year-old Adlai Baker dies in a fire in his two-room home in Lincolnia.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Cab Driver Runs Amok in Fairfax; Baby Injured." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 2. Jan 10 1954. ProQuest. Web. 31 July 2016.
- ↑ "Fairfax Slayer Asked God to Forgive Him" Evening Star, 11 Jan. 1954, Two Star, p. 27. NewsBank, . Accessed 27 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Man Dies as Fire Destroys Shed-Home in Fairfax" Evening Star, 11 Jan. 1954, Two Star, p. 27. NewsBank, . Accessed 27 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Porter Saves Five Children from Fire." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Jan 12 1954. ProQuest. Web. 27 Dec. 2017.
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