Romain Slocombe and a Japanese friend at a farewell party in AMVK's Paris studio. I happened to be a character in Slocombe's book "Sake des Brumes" in the 'Poulpe' series.
1812 (-) Murderer John Bellingham is executed by hanging in London, Newgate Prison, United Kingdom.
1872 (+) Philosopher Bertrand Russel is born in Trelleck, Gwent, United Kingdom.
1897 (+) Actor Frank Capra is born in Palermo, Italy.
1906 (+) Filmmaker Roberto Rosselini is born in Rome, Italy.
1911 (-) Composer Gustav Mahler dies of streptokok-poisoning at the age of 51 in Vienna, Austria.
1912 (+) Musician Perry Como is born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
1927 (+) Serial Killer Harvey Louis Carignan aka The Want-Ad Killer, is born in Fargo, North Dakota, USA.
1927 (x) Mass Murderer Andrew Kehoe wires the Consolidated School with dynamite, killing 38 children and 5 adults in Bath, Michigan, USA.
The night before he had stabbed his wife to death. Andrew himself also died in the blast when he fired into his car, still loaded with more dynamite.
1928 (x) The home of Sing-Sing Prison Chief Executioner Robert Elliott is bombed by persons unknown in New York, New York, USA.
1939 (-) Serial Killer Eugene Weidmann aka The Handsome Devil, is executed by the Guillotine in Paris, France.
It was the last execution before the outbreak of the war.
1942 (-) Murderer John Stanton is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 44 in Florida, USA.
1953 (x) The body of Beryl Evans is exhumed to establish wether Serial Killer John Reginald Christie of 10 Rillington Place, had indeed murdered her, in London, Gunners Bury Cemetary, United Kingdom.
1960 (+) Spree Killer Michael Ryan aka The Rambo Killer, is born in Savernake, United Kingdom.
1967 (-) Joyce Cassel is attacked and raped by Jerry Brudos aka The Lust Killer, in Portland, Oregon, USA.
She survived.
1971 (-) Elisabeth Porteous is raped, strangled and her breasts chewed away by Wayne Boden aka The Vampire of Montreal, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
1980 (-) Musician Ian Curtis from the Joy Division, commits suicide by hanging at the age of 23 in Manchester, United Kingdom.
1987 (-) SF-writer Alice Sheldon commits suicide by a shot in the head at the age of 71 in Maclean, Washington, USA.
She killed her sick and blind 84-year-old husband first.
1993 (-) Murderer John Sawyers is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville Prison, Texas, USA.
1998 (-) Murderer Robert Carter is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville Prison, Texas, USA.
2004 (-) Double murderer Kelsey Patterson is executed by lethal injection at the age of 50 in Huntsville Prison, Texas, USA.
2005 (-) Murderer Bryan Wolfe is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville Prison, Texas, USA.
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interesting character.
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