Thursday, January 18, 2007

18 january 2002 - Antwerpen, Belgium


An abandoned printshop in Antwerpen, Belgium.

1574 (-) Gilles Garnier aka The Werewolf of Dole, is executed by burning at the stake in Dole, France.
1803 (-) Wife- and child-murderer George Foster is executed by hanging in Newgate Prison, London, United Kingdom.
1890 (-) Duke of Aosta and King of Spain Amadeus I dies at the age of 44 in Aosta, Italy.
1892 (+) Actor Oliver Hardy is born in the USA.
1904 (+) Actor Cary Grant originally Alexander Archibald Leach, is born in the USA.
1913 (+) Actor Danny Kaye originally David Kaminsky, is born.
1920 (-) Artist Amadeo Modigliani dies at the age of 35 in Paris, France.
1925 (+) Philosopher Gilles Deleuze is born in Paris, France.
1929 (x) 4 policemen are killed by Cop Killer Ije Wijkstra in Groningen, the Netherlands.
1936 (-) Writer and journalist Joseph Rudyard Kipling dies at the age of 70 in London, United Kingdom.
1942 (+) Heavy-weight Boxing champion Muhammed Ali is born.
1946 (-) Murderer Joseph Wessel is executed by hanging at the age of 44 in Washington, USA.
1952 (+) Tamil Bandit Koose Muniswamy Veerappan is born in Gopinatham, Karnataka, India.
1955 (+) Actor Kevin Costner is born in Los Angeles, California, USA.
1977 (x) 90 Die in train derailment off a viaduct in Sydney, Australia.
1981 (-) Shari Hull is shot dead after being sexually assaulted by Randy Woodfield aka The I-5 Killer, at the age of 20 in Salem, TransAmerica Title Building, Oregon, USA.
1982 (x) 4 US stunt-pilots crash with their Thunderbird Jets in the Nevada Desert, USA.
1987 (-) Jacquelin Askins is abducted and held imprisoned by Gary Heidnik aka The Cellar of Horror Murderer, at the age of 18 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
She survived.
1989 (-) Mass Murderer Patrick Purdy aka The S.A.T.A.N. Killer, commits suicide by a shot through the head after killing 5 and wounding over 30 children in a school at the age of 24 in Stockton, California, USA.

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