Prelude to a memorable homecoming party at our house.
1732 (+) 1st president of the USA George Washington is born in Bridges Creek, Virginia, USA.
1788 (+) Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer is born in Dantzig, Poland.
1807 (-) Murderer John Holloway is executed by hanging in London, outside Newgate Prison, United Kingdom.
In the crowd of nearly 40.000 spectators over 100 were trampled to death, and many more injured.
1807 (-) Murderer Owen Haggerty is executed by hanging in London, outside Newgate Prison, United Kingdom.
In the crowd of nearly 40.000 spectators over 100 were trampled to death, and many more injured.
1807 (-) Murderess Elisabeth Godfrey is executed by hanging at the age of 34 in London, outside Newgate Prison, United Kingdom.
In the crowd of nearly 40.000 spectators over 100 were trampled to death, and many more injured.
1810 (+) Composer Frédéric Chopin is born in Zelazowa Wola, Poland.
1899 (+) Actor in many Universal horror movies Dwight Fry is born as an only child in Salina, Kansas, USA.
1900 (+) Filmmaker Luis Bunuel aka Un Chien Andalou, is born in Calanda, Spain.
1915 (x) Actress Sarah Bernhardt has her right leg amputated in the United Kingdom.
1928 (+) Poet Paul Van Ostaeyen is born in Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium.
1942 (x) The first ‘low-pressure’ experiments are carried out on prisoners of war by Nazi-doctor and aeronautic experimentor Hans August Rascher in Dachau-KZ, Germany.
1950 (+) Musician Genesis P-Orridge originally Neil Andrew Megson, is born in Manchester, United Kingdom.
1960 (x) 123 Die in coal-mine explosion in Zwickau, Germany.
1968 (-) Patricia Docker is strangled by Bible John at the age of 25 in Glasgow, United Kingdom.
1973 (x) Over 200 Die in ferry and freighter collision in Rangoon, Birma.
1974 (x) Serial Killer Randy Woodfield aka The I-5 Killer, is arrested and charged with public indecency in Portland, Oregon, USA.
1980 (-) Artist Oskar Kokoschka dies at the age of 61 in Villeneuve, Vaud, Switzerland.
1984 (-) Marta Rjabenko is stabbed to death and her nipples and uterus cut away by Andrej Tsjikatilo aka The Rostow Ripper, in Rostow, Fliegerpark, Russia.
1987 (-) Artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol aka The Pope of Pop, dies of a heart-attack at the age of 58 in New York, New York, USA.
He died in his sleep after recovering from a gall-operation.
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