29th year - N° 359 Thursday, 25 December 2014

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29th year - N° 359 Thursday, 25 December 2014

25 December / Today's 22 Events:

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(+) 136 years ago Wednesday 25th of December 1878 Racer and automobile manufacterer Louis-Joseph Chevrolet is born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

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(+) 129 years ago Friday 25th of December 1885 Actor John Bowers, originally John E. Bowersox is born in Garrett, Indiana, United States.

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(+) 121 years ago Monday 25th of December 1893 Murderess Edith Jessie Thompson, originally Graydon is born in 97 Norfolk Road, Dalston, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 117 years ago Saturday 25th of December 1897 Mary Isabella Spink is poisoned with tartar-emetic by serial poisoner George Chapman aka The Borough Poisoner in Leytonstone, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 115 years ago Monday 25th of December 1899 Actor Humphrey DeForest Bogart is born in New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 103 years ago Monday 25th of December 1911 Artist Louise Joséphine Bourgeois aka Spiderwoman is born in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 90 years ago Thursday 25th of December 1924 Screenwriter, television producer and narrator Rod Rodman Edward Serling known from The Twilight Zone is born in Syracuse, New York, United States.

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(+) 65 years ago Sunday 25th of December 1949 Actress Sissy Mary Elizabeth Spacek is born in Quitman, Texas, United States.

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(x) 62 years ago Thursday 25th of December 1952 47-year-old Murderess Winnie Ruth Judd aka The Trunk Murderess escapes in Arizona State Hospital, 2500 E. Van Buren, Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It was Judd's sixth attempt to escape and she was recaptured 46 hours later.

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(-) 57 years ago Wednesday 25th of December 1957 Film pioneer Charles Pathé dies of natural causes at the age of 94 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco.

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(x) 43 years ago Saturday 25th of December 1971 167 die in Taeyunkak Hotel fire in Seoel, Seoul National Capital Area, South Korea.

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(-) 37 years ago Sunday 25th of December 1977 Actor and film director Charles Spencer Chaplin dies of a stroke at the age of 88 in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland.

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(-) 25 years ago Monday 25th of December 1989 General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party Nicolae Ceaușescu aka The Genius of the Carpathians is executed by the firing squad at the age of 71 in Târgoviște, Dâmbovița, Romania. Ceaușescu and his 70-year-old wife Elena had been sentenced to death by a People's Court. The Ceaușescus were executed by a gathering of soldiers including Captain Ionel Boeru, Sergeant-Major Georghin Octavian and Dorin-Marian Cîrlan.

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(-) 19 years ago Monday 25th of December 1995 Singer and actor Dean Martin, originally Dino Paul Crocetti aka The King of Cool dies of acute respiratory failure resulting from emphysema at the age of 78 in Beverly Hills, California, .

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(x) 16 years ago Friday 25th of December 1998 53-year-old Serial killer Dennis Andrew Nilsen aka Killing For Company is found drunk in his cell in Whitemoor Prison, March, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. It is thought Nilsen had been bingeing on homemade moonshine.

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15 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 25th of December 1999 Audio junkies repairing cassetteplayers, televisions, videorecorders and all kinds of electronic equipment in makeshift stalls on Thanon Damrong in Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand.

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(x) 14 years ago Monday 25th of December 2000 309 die in Dongdu building fire in Luoyang, Henan, China.

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(-) 8 years ago Monday 25th of December 2006 Double murderer Yoshio Fujinami is executed by hanging at the age of 74 in Tokyo Detention House, Katsushika, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan. Unable to walk, Fujinami was taken to the gallows in a wheelchair.

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(-) 8 years ago Monday 25th of December 2006 Murderer Yoshimitsu Akiyama is executed by hanging at the age of 77 in Tokyo Detention House, Katsushika, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan. Struggling to walk and partially blind, Akiyama had to be helped by prison guards to the execution chamber

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(-) 8 years ago Monday 25th of December 2006 Serial killer Hiroaki Hidaka is executed by hanging at the age of 44 in 2-6 Kamihatchobori, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Chūgoku, Japan.

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(-) 8 years ago Monday 25th of December 2006 Multiple murderer Michio Fukuoka is executed by hanging at the age of 63 in Osaka, Kinki, Japan.

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(x) 5 years ago Friday 25th of December 2009 23-year-old Terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab aka Omar Farooq al-Nigeri aka The Underwear Bomber attempts to detonate PETN and TAPN plastic explosives hidden in his underwear aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam in Denver, Colorado, United States. Abdulmutallab spent about 20 minutes in the toilet as the flight approached Detroit and then covered himself with a blanket after returning to his seat. Other passengers then heard popping noises, smelled a foul odour and some saw Abdulmutallab's trouser leg and the wall of the plane on fire. Fellow passenger Jasper Schuringa jumped on Abdulmutallab and subdued him as flight attendants used fire extinguishers to douse the flames. Two days after the attack Abdulmutallab was released from a hospital where he had been treated for first and second degree burns to his hands, and second degree burns to his right inner thigh and genitalia.

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