29th year - N° 162 Wednesday, 11 June 2014

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
29th year - N° 162 Wednesday, 11 June 2014

11 June / Today's 14 Events:

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(x) 505 years ago Saturday 11th of June 1509 18-year-old King of England Henry VIII of England, originally Henry Tudor marries his first wife Catherine of Aragon in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 238 years ago Tuesday 11th of June 1776 Painter John Constable is born in East Bergholt, Suffolk, United Kingdom.

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(+) 150 years ago Saturday 11th of June 1864 Composer Richard Georg Strauss known for Der Rosenkavalier is born in München, Bayern, Germany.

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(+) 109 years ago Sunday 11th of June 1905 Kidnapper and murderer Richard Albert Loeb aka The Perfect Murderer is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(+) 86 years ago Monday 11th of June 1928 Queen of Belgium Fabiola, originally Fabiola Fernanda María de las Victorias Antonia Adelaida de Mora y Aragón is born in Madrid, Área metropolitana de Madrid, Spain.

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(x) 59 years ago Saturday 11th of June 1955 22-year-old Serial killer Nestor Pirotte aka Le Tueur Fou is sentenced to death by a military court for beating to death his aunt Celina Debonny in Liège, Liège, Belgium.

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(-) 51 years ago Tuesday 11th of June 1963 Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức, originally Lâm Văn Túc commits suicide by self-immolation at the age of 66 in Phan Đình Phùng Boulevard and Lê Văn Duyệt Street intersection, Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area, Vietnam. Đức's act was a protest against against the persecution of Buddhists by South Vietnam's Ngô Đình Diệm administration. "Before closing my eyes and moving towards the vision of the Buddha, I respectfully plead to President Ngô Đình Diệm to take a mind of compassion towards the people of the nation and implement religious equality to maintain the strength of the homeland eternally."

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(-) 35 years ago Monday 11th of June 1979 Actor John Wayne, originally Marion Robert Morrison dies of lung cancer at the age of 72 in UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(+) 34 years ago Wednesday 11th of June 1980 Azaria Chantel Loren Chamberlain aka The Dingo Baby is born in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.

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(x) 33 years ago Thursday 11th of June 1981 22-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs as 'David Mark Chapman', murderer of John Lennon in Pannenhuis, Hendrik Conscienceplein, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(x) 33 years ago Thursday 11th of June 1981 40-year-old Serial killer Marcel Henri Barbeault aka Le Tueur de L'Ombre is sentenced to life-imprisonment in Cour d'Assises d'Oise, 20 Boulevard Saint-Jean, Beauvais, Oise, France.

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(x) 31 years ago Saturday 11th of June 1983 47-year-old Serial killer Henry Lee Lucas aka The Hand of Death is arrested by Texas Ranger Phil Ryan in Stoneburg, Texas, United States.

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(-) 29 years ago Tuesday 11th of June 1985 Karen Ann Quinlan aka The Coma Girl dies of pneumonia at the age of 31 in Morris Township, New Jersey, United States. Quinlan spent 10 years in a persistent vegetative state due to an overdose of barbiturates and alcohol at a party.

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15 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 11th of June 1999 Annemie Van Kerckhoven aka AMVK in a digital art installation at the Biennale in Venezia, Veneto, Italy.

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