Friday, August 23, 2013

115 Years Ago Pornocrates ne Buvait Plus d'Absinthe

259 YEARS AGO - on Friday 23 August 1754
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King Louis XVI aka Louis-Auguste de France, is born in Versailles, France.

115 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 23 August 1898
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Artist Félicien Rops aka The Satanic Eroticist, dies at the age of 65 in Essones, France.

101 YEARS AGO - on Friday 23 August 1912
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Actor Gene Eugene Curran Kelly is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

87 YEARS AGO - on Monday 23 August 1926
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Actor and Great Lover Rudolph Alfonzo Raffaelo Pierre Filibert Guglielmo Valentino dies of peritonitis, gastric ulcer, pneumonia and an infection of the inner heart at the age of 31 in New York, New York, USA.

86 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 23 August 1927
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Anarchists Sacco & Vanzetti are executed by Old Sparky in Boston, Massachussets, USA.
They were convicted to death for a robbery-murder, rather due to their anarchist insights than through evidence.

83 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 23 August 1930
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Actress Vera Miles is born in Boise City, Oklahoma, USA.

77 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 23 August 1936
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Serial Killer Henry Lee Lucas aka The Hand of Death, is born in Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, USA.

69 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 23 August 1944
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61 Die in USAF B-24 Liberator bomber crash in Freckleton, Lancashire, United Kingdom.
The aircraft crashed into a school and the "Sad Sack Snack Bar" where 7 Americans died.

67 YEARS AGO - on Friday 23 August 1946
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The Who’s Drummer Keith John Moon is born in London, United Kingdom.

64 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 23 August 1949
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Manson Family member Leslie Van Houten aka Lulu, is born in Altadena, California, USA.

61 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 23 August 1952
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Gangster Yvan Somville is born in Gembloux, Namur, Belgium.

43 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 23 August 1970
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Actor River Jude Phoenix is born in Metolius, Oregon, USA.

39 YEARS AGO - on Friday 23 August 1974
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Cathie Pearce is strangled by Paul Knowles aka Lester Daryl Gates aka Daryl Golden aka The Casanova Killer aka Killing Time, in Musella, Florida, USA.

38 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 23 August 1975
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19-year-old Musician Ian Kevin Curtis from Joy Division, marries 18-year-old Deborah Woodruff in Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

32 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 23 August 1981
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Didier Vitry is shot dead by Pascal Bertrand aka The Back-Packer Murderer, at the age of 18 in La Rochelle, France.

31 YEARS AGO - on Monday 23 August 1982
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Juvenile murderer Robert Thompson is born in Liverpool, United Kingdom.

31 YEARS AGO - on Monday 23 August 1982
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Andrea Kowe is raped, stabbed and beaten to death by Daniël Baron aka The Triangle of Death Killer, at the age of 23 in Besançon, France.

24 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 23 August 1989
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Psychiatrist Ronald David Laing dies of a heart attack at the age of 61 in St. Tropez, France.

18 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 23 August 1995
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An Marchal and Eefje Lambrecks are abducted and killed by Marc Dutroux at the age of 18 in Oostende, West Flanders, Belgium.

13 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 23 August 2000
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Murderer David Earl Gibbs is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville Prison, Texas, USA.

13 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 23 August 2000
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143 Die in Gulf Air Flight 072 Airbus A320 crash in Manama, Bahrein.

8 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 23 August 2005
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Murderer Robert Alan Jr. Shields is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville Prison, Texas, USA.

7 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 23 August 2006
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18-year-old Victim of Wolfgang Priklopil Natascha Kampusch aka The Girl in the Cellar, escapes after being held in captivity for over 8 years by Wilhelm Priklopil in Strasshof an der Nordbahn, Heinestrasse 60, Austria.

7 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 23 August 2006
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Kidnapper Wolfgang Priklopil aka The Collector, commits suicide by throwing himself before a commuter train at the age of 44 in Vienna, Northern Station, Austria.

6 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 23 August 2007
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Multiple murderer Hifumi Takezawa is executed by hanging at the age of 69 in Tokyo Detention Centre, Japan.

6 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 23 August 2007
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Murderer Yoshio Iwamoto is executed by hanging at the age of 63 in Tokyo Detention Centre, Japan.

6 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 23 August 2007
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Murderer Kozo Segawa is executed by hanging at the age of 60 in Nagoya, Japan.

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