29th year - N° 243 Sunday, 31 August 2014

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
29th year - N° 243 Sunday, 31 August 2014

31 August / Today's 8 Events:

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(-) 147 years ago Saturday 31st of August 1867 Poet and art critic Charles Pierre Baudelaire known for ‘Les Fleurs du Mal’ dies of paresis of the brain due to syphilis at the age of 46 in 1 Rue du Dôme, XVIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 108 years ago Friday 31st of August 1906 Victim of Fritz Haarmann aka Der Hannover Werwolf Wilhelm Schulze is born in Godshorn, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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(-) 81 years ago Thursday 31st of August 1933 Philosopher Theodor Lessing is assassinated by Sudeten German Nazi sympathizers at the age of 61 in Mariánské Lázně, Karlovarský Kraj, Czechoslovakia. Lessing was shot through a window of the villa where he lived on the night before by Rudolf Max Eckert, Rudolf Zischka and Karl Hönl. In June it was reported in Sudeten newspapers that a reward had been announced for Lessing's capture.

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(+) 79 years ago Saturday 31st of August 1935 Minister of Information of the Black Panthers Eldridge Leroy Cleaver known for Soul on Ice is born in Wabbaseka, Arkansas, United States.

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(-) 31 years ago Wednesday 31st of August 1983 Ralph Calise is beaten and stabbed to death by serial killer Larry Eyler aka The Leather Boy Killer in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States.

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(x) 29 years ago Saturday 31st of August 1985 25-year-old Serial killer Richard Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez aka The Night Stalker is recognized and chased by members of the Hispanic community Jose Burgoin and Faustino Pinon, beaten up and finally arrested by a patrolman named Ramirez in 3700 Hubbard Street, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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13 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 31st of August 2001 A view on the North Sea from atop the highest building in Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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(x) 9 years ago Wednesday 31st of August 2005 46-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Vel' with Tim Vanhamel in Factor 44, Bleekhofstraat 44, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. With Tim Vanhamel I made a Noise performance about 'Thaipoosam', a Hindi religious festival I attended in the Batu Caves near Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.

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