October 1959
Events that took place in Fairfax County in October, 1959:
- October 11 – 36-year-old Juanita M. Shepherd takes a lethal dose of rat poison at her home in Lorton. Shepherd is taken to Alexandria Hospital, where she dies.[1]
- October 11 – 46-year-old Harry F. Griffith shoots himself in the head with a .22 caliber rifle in the barn on his farm two miles south of Centreville.[2][3]
- October 21 – Following an argument with his wife Rhonda, 22-year-old Martin F. Jones shoots himself in the head at the couple's home at 1316 Washington Avenue in Alexandria.[4]
- October 31 – The Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority opens its first park in Fairfax County, the Bull Run Regional Park in Centreville.[5]
References
- ↑ "Woman Kills Self After Car Crash" Evening Star, 12 Oct. 1959, Two Star Metropolitan, p. 27. NewsBank, . Accessed 3 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Centreville Death Of Transit Man Is Called Suicide" Evening Star, 12 Oct. 1959, Two Star Metropolitan, p. 27. NewsBank. Accessed 3 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Mechanic's Death is Ruled a Suicide." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Oct 13 1959. ProQuest. Web. 3 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Man Kills Self in Fairfax as Wife Watches." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): B5. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1994). Oct 22 1959. Web. 1 Jan. 2012.
- ↑ "County to Open Bull Run Park." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Oct 30 1959. ProQuest. Web. 24 July 2014.
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