A courtroom in the old Palace of Justice in Antwerpen, where it is strictly forbidden to take pictures. It was the trial of an artist against the M_hka, Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerpen because they refused - among other things - to print his catalogue. The M_hka's lawyer managed to say that a catalogue of an exhibition, my honour, is worth nothing when the exhibition is over and the works are gone. As if it considered an auto show. Artists should be less sad and more angry.
1861 (-) The first ever person to attempt the assassination of an American President, Richard Lawrence dies at the age of 61 in Washington, St. Elisabeth’s Hospital, District Columbia, USA.
On 30 january 1835 he drew his pistol at President Andrew Jackson, but his pistol - as well as a second one - misfired.
1865 (+) Writer William Butler Yeats is born in Dublin, Ireland.
1886 (-) The Mad King of Bavaria, Friedrich Ludwig II drowns at the age of 40 in Lake Starnberg, Germany.
He took a walk with Professor Bernhard von Gudden, several hours their bodies were found floating dead in the lake.
1935 (+) Artist Javacheff Christo originally Hristo Yavashev, is born in Gabrovo, Bulgaria.
1942 (x) 13-year-old Serial Killer William Heirens aka Catch Me Before I Kill More, is arrested after committing over 50 thrill-burglaries and is sent to the Gibault Correctional School for Catholic Boys in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA.
1943 (+) Actor Malcolm McDowell is born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
1976 (-) William Carrol is murdered by John Gacy aka The Killer Clown, at the age of 16 in Chicago, Des Plaines, Illinois, USA.
1983 (x) 31-year-old Serial Killer Gerald Stano aka Blind Fury, is sentenced to death for two murders in Daytona Beach Courthouse, Florida, USA.
1983 (-) Cindy Paulsen is abducted and raped by Robert Hansen aka The Aviation Hunter, at the age of 19 in Anchorage, Alaska, USA.
She managed to escape afterwards.
1985 (x) Peter Paul Rubens’ painting "Koning Filip IV" is damaged by persons unknown in Zürich, Kunsthaus, Switzerland.
1985 (x) The bomb mailed by 43-year-old Theodore Kaczinski aka The UnaBomber, to the Fabrication Division of Boeing, is found and succesfully disarmed in Auburn, Washington, USA.
1988 (-) Murderer Edward Byrnes is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 28 in Angola, Louisiana, USA.
1995 (x) Tenth bomb attack by 45-year-old Xenophobic Serial Bomber Franz Fuchs in Lubeck, Germany.
Politician Thomas Rother gets injured.
1997 (-) Murderer Michael Elkins is executed by lethal injection in South Carolina, USA.
Because of Elkins' poor physical condition, the first needle was ultimately inserted in Elkins's neck (attempts to use his arms, legs, feet were not successful) and the second needle was not used.
1998 (x) 63-year-old Family leader Charles Manson is transferred back to Corcoran State Prison after serving time in Pelican Bay State Prison for peddling drugs to fellow inmates in Corcoran, California, USA.
2001 (-) Murderer John Wheat is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville Prison, Texas, USA.
2002 (-) Murderer Daniel Reneau is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville Prison, Texas, USA.
2003 (-) Triple murderer Joseph Trueblood is executed by lethal injection in Indiana, USA.
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