A row of chairs in an abandoned castle in Wijnegem, near Antwerpen, Belgium.
1869 (-) Composer Hector Berlioz dies at the age of 66 in Paris, France.
1915 (-) Murderer Arthur Rottman aka The Ruahine Axe Murderer, is executed by hanging at the age of 21 in Wellington, Terrace Gaol, New Zealand.
1917 (-) Aircraft designer Graff Ferdinand Von Zeppelin dies at the age of 79 in Germany.
1924 (x) 171 Die in coal-mine explosion in Castle Gate, Utah, USA.
1930 (-) 27th president of the USA William Howard Taft dies at the age of 87 in Washington, District Columbia, USA.
1935 (-) Actress Lingyu Ruan commits suicide by an overdose of barbiturates at the age of 24 in Shanghai, China.
Her funeral procession was reportedly three miles long, with three women committing suicide during it.
1945 (-) Gustave Hulten aka The Murderous GI, is executed by hanging in London, United Kingdom.
1951 (-) Murderers Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez aka The Lonely Hearts Killers, is executed by Old Sparky in New York, Sing-Sing Prison, New York, USA.
1958 (-) Shirley Bridgeford is abducted and strangled by Harvey Glatman aka The Pin-Up Killer, at the age of 24 in Anza-Borrega Desert State Park, California, USA.
1963 (-) Murderer Patrick McGhee is executed by the Gas Chamber at the age of 55 in State Prison, Florence, Arizona, USA.
1969 (x) Gangsters and murderous twins Reginald & Ronald Kray aka The Profession of Violence, are sentenced to 30 years imprisonment in London, Old Bailey, United Kingdom.
1971 (-) Actor and filmmaker Harold Lloyd dies of cancer at the age of 77 in Hollywood, Beverly Hills, California, USA.
1971 (-) Unidentified woman is assaulted and robbed by Gustaaf Van Eyken aka De Vampier van Muizen, at the age of 20 in Mechelen, Raghenotunnel, Antwerp, Belgium.
She survived.
1977 (-) Virginia Voskerichian is shot dead by David Berkowitz aka Son of Sam, in New York, New York, USA.
1990 (-) Mario Orosco is shot dead by N.Y. Zodiac Murderer at the age of 49 in New York, New York, USA.
1993 (-) Peter Walker is tortured to death by Colin Ireland aka The Gay Killer, at the age of 45 in London, United Kingdom.
1999 (x) Over 100 Die in ferry capsizing in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
1999 (-) BaseBall player Joe Di Maggio dies at the age of 84 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
He has been Marilyn Monroe's husband for 9 months.
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