29th year - N° 178 Friday, 27 June 2014

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
29th year - N° 178 Friday, 27 June 2014

27 June / Today's 10 Events:

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(+) 176 years ago Wednesday 27th of June 1838 Weapon designer Paul Mauser is born in Oberndorf am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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(+) 145 years ago Sunday 27th of June 1869 Anarchist and feminist Emma Goldman is born in Kovno, Trakai Voivodeship, Lithuania.

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(x) 96 years ago Thursday 27th of June 1918 Louis Besumer is attacked by serial killer The Axeman of New Orleans in corner of Dorgenois and Laharpe Streets, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Besumer was in bed with his mistress Harriet Lowe, who died on 5 August 1918, just two days after doctors performed surgery in an effort to repair her partially paralyzed face. Besumer was charged with murder while Lowe was in the hospital and stated that it was Besumer who had attacked her. He served nine months in prison before being acquitted on 1 May 1919 after a ten minute jury deliberation.

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79 years ago

Thursday 27th of June 1935

Murderess Eva Coo, originally Eva Curry aka Madame aka The Mallet Murderer is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 46 in Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York, United States.

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(+) 73 years ago Friday 27th of June 1941 Film director Krzysztof Kieślowski is born in Warszawa, Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland.

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(+) 65 years ago Monday 27th of June 1949 Spree killer and writer Norio Nagayama is born in Abashiri, Hokkaidō, Japan.

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(+) 43 years ago Sunday 27th of June 1971 King Dipendra of Nepal, originally Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev is born in Narayanhity Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal.

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(-) 29 years ago Thursday 27th of June 1985 Patty Elaine Higgins is throatcut by serial killer Richard Ramirez aka The Night Stalker in 665 W. Naomi, Arcadia, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(x) 28 years ago Friday 27th of June 1986 Frederick Prentice is attacked by serial killer Kenneth Erskine aka The Stockwell Strangler in Cedars Rd, Clapham, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Prentice was awoken by sounds of someone entering his bedroom. Prentice switched on the light and told the intruder to get out. He was then attacked and was being strangled when he freed one hand and pressed the alarm at the side of his bed. Erskine ran off.

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(-) 13 years ago He Didn't Like it Hot Wednesday 27th of June 2001 Actor Jack John Uhler Lemmon dies of colon cancer and metastatic cancer of the bladder at the age of 76 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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