29th year - N° 127 Wednesday, 7 May 2014

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
29th year - N° 127 Wednesday, 7 May 2014

7 May / Today's 11 Events:

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(+) 122 years ago Saturday 7th of May 1892 Yugoslav statesman Josip Broz Tito is born in Muzeja Staro Selo, Kumrovec, Hrvatsko Zagorje, Austria-Hungary.

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(-) 118 years ago Thursday 7th of May 1896 Serial killer Henry Howard Holmes, originally Herman Webster Mudgett aka The Torture Doctor is executed by hanging at the age of 35 in Moyamensing Prison, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Holmes's neck did not snap; he instead was strangled to death slowly, twitching over 15 minutes before being pronounced dead 20 minutes after the trap had been sprung.

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(x) 99 years ago Friday 7th of May 1915 1.198 die in RMS Lusitania ocean liner sinking in Old Head of Kinsale, Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. The ship was torpedoed by the German U-boat U-20 and sank in 20 minutes.

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(x) 72 years ago Thursday 7th of May 1942 An unidentified male headless body is fished out of the Seine and presumed to be the first victim of 45-year-old Doctor and serial killer Marcel André Henri Félix Petiot aka The Triangular Chamber of Death Murderer in Saint-Ouen, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 66 years ago Friday 7th of May 1948 Member of the 'Manson Family' Susan Denise Atkins aka Sadie Mae Glutz is born in San Gabriel, California, United States.

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(x) 40 years ago Tuesday 7th of May 1974 28-year-old Artist Chris Christopher Burden performs 'Velvet Water' in School of the Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(x) 32 years ago Friday 7th of May 1982 53-year-old Serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate is discharged in Mental Health Institute, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States.

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(x) 30 years ago Monday 7th of May 1984 The body of 22-year-old Victim of Larry Eyler aka The Leather Boy Killer David M. Block is found in Crawford Road, South R 173, Zion, United States. He was beaten and stabbed to death by Larry Eyler aka The Leather Boy Killer on 30 December 1982.

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(x) 13 years ago Monday 7th of May 2001 72-year-old Great Train Robber Ronnie Ronald Arthur Biggs returns voluntarily to Britain after being on the run for 25 years in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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10 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 7th of May 2004 An installation with two movies by Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven aka AMVK and music by Mauro Pawlowski in the 'Mariages' series in ModeMuseum, Nationalestraat 28, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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2 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 7th of May 2012 Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven aka AMVK on the Prime Meridian in Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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