30th year - N° 50 Thursday, 19 February 2015

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
30th year - N° 50 Thursday, 19 February 2015

19 February / Today's 15 Events:

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(+) 542 years ago Wednesday 19th of February 1473 Mathematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus is born in ul. Kopernika 15, Toruń, Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Poland.

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(-) 290 years ago Monday 19th of February 1725 Innkeeper Mme Millet dies of Spontaneous Human Combustion in Reims, Marne, France. Late at night 'Lion d'Or' innkeeper Jean Millet woke to the smell of fire. He rushed through the hallways to warn his guests, who followed him downstairs and came upon a horrifying sight of his wife. Parts of Mme Millet's head, backbone and legs lay smoldering on the kitchen floor. The rest of her was reduced to ash. Her chair by the fireplace was only slightly scorched, and there were burn marks under her remains.

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(+) 117 years ago Saturday 19th of February 1898 Cult leader Louwrens Lou Voorthuyzen aka Lou De Palingboer is born in Anna Paulowna, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

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(+) 69 years ago Tuesday 19th of February 1946 Chemical technician and labor union activist Karen Gay Silkwood is born in Longview, Texas, United States.

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(-) 64 years ago Monday 19th of February 1951 Murderess Jean Lee, originally Marjorie Jean Maude Wright is executed by hanging at the age of 32 in Pentridge Prison, Coburg, Victoria, Australia. On the morning of her execution Lee became hysterical and had to be sedated. She fainted when the executioner came to her cell and she was strapped semi-conscious to a chair. Lee was the last woman to be executed in Australia.

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(-) 64 years ago Monday 19th of February 1951 Murderer Robert David Clayton is executed by hanging at the age of 32 in Pentridge Prison, Coburg, Victoria, Australia. Clayton's last words were "Goodbye Charlie".

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(-) 64 years ago Monday 19th of February 1951 Murderer Norman Andrews is executed by hanging at the age of 38 in Pentridge Prison, Coburg, Victoria, Australia. Andrews's last words "Goodbye Robert".

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(-) 64 years ago Monday 19th of February 1951 Writer André Paul Guillaume Gide dies of natural causes at the age of 82 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 64 years ago Monday 19th of February 1951 Serial killer Stephen Peter Morin aka Ray Constantine is born in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

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(-) 63 years ago Tuesday 19th of February 1952 Writer Knut Hamsun, originally Knud Pedersen dies of natural causes at the age of 93 in Nørholm, Grimstad, Sørlandet, Norway.

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(-) 35 years ago Tuesday 19th of February 1980 Musician Bon Ronald Belford Scott known from AC/DC dies of pulmonary aspiration of vomit at the age of 34 in 67 Overhill Road, East Dulwich, London, South London, United Kingdom. Scott passed out after a night of heavy drinking in the Music Machine club. He was left to sleep in a Renault 5 owned by Alistair Kinnear. The following afternoon Kinnear found Scott lifeless in the car.

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(x) 30 years ago Tuesday 19th of February 1985 148 die in Iberia Airlines Boeing 727–256 Flight 610 crash in Mount Oiz, Amorebieta-Etxano, Bizkaia, Spain.

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(-) 16 years ago Friday 19th of February 1999 Murderer Wilford Lee Berry aka The Volunteer is executed by lethal injection at the age of 37 in Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, Lucasville, Ohio, United States. Berry was the first convict to waive his right to appeal his death sentence after Ohio reinstated the death penalty. Berry became the first person to be executed in Ohio since 1963.

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8 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 19th of February 2007 Chinese New Year in Chinatown in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(x) 6 years ago Thursday 19th of February 2009 50-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Oprichting en Manifest van het Bastardisme' at a literary event in Passa Porta, Dansaertstraat 46, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium.

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