30th year - N° 321 Tuesday, 17 November 2015

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30th year - N° 321 Tuesday, 17 November 2015

17 November / Today's 18 Events:

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(+) 225 years ago Wednesday 17th of November 1790 Mathematician and astronomer August Ferdinand Möbius known for his discovery of the Möbius strip is born in Schulpforta, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.

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(+) 149 years ago Saturday 17th of November 1866 Anarchist writer and feminist Voltairine de Cleyre is born in Leslie, Michigan, United States.

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(+) 128 years ago Thursday 17th of November 1887 War leader Bernard 'Monty' Montgomery aka 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein is born in Kennington, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 112 years ago Tuesday 17th of November 1903 Abortionist Marie-Louise Giraud, originally Lempérière is born in Barneville-Carteret, Basse-Normandie, France.

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(+) 110 years ago Friday 17th of November 1905 Queen consort of the Belgians Sofia Lovisa Thyra Astrid of Sweden is born in Arvfurstens Palats, Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden.

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(+) 109 years ago Saturday 17th of November 1906 Engineer and industrialist Soichiro Honda is born in Hamamatsu, Chūbu, Japan.

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(+) 108 years ago Sunday 17th of November 1907 Victim of Winnie Ruth Judd aka The Trunk Murderess Hedvig Sarah Samuelson aka Sammy is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

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(-) 98 years ago Saturday 17th of November 1917 Artist Auguste François René Rodin dies of influenza at the age of 77 in Meudon, Île-de-France, France. Rodin requested permission to stay in the Hotel Biron, a museum of his works, because he had no heating in his villa but the director of the museum refused to let him stay there.

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(+) 90 years ago Tuesday 17th of November 1925 Actor Rock Hudson, originally Roy Harold Scherer is born in Winnetka, Illinois, United States.

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(-) 79 years ago Tuesday 17th of November 1936 Actor John Bowers, originally John E. Bowersox commits suicide by drowning at the age of 51 in Malibu Beach, Malibu, California, United States. A deputy sheriff friend identified the body and disclosed that the actor had declared his intention to commit suicide by getting into a boat and "sailing away into the sunset."

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(+) 73 years ago Tuesday 17th of November 1942 Film director Martin Charles Scorsese is born in Queens, New York, New York, United States.

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(+) 73 years ago Tuesday 17th of November 1942 Double murderer Richard William Kutzner is born in Harris County, Texas, United States.

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(+) 71 years ago Friday 17th of November 1944 Actor Danny Daniel Michael DeVito is born in Neptune City, New Jersey, United States.

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(x) 65 years ago Friday 17th of November 1950 26-year-old Spree killer Ernest Ernie Ingenito guns down nine members of his family in Piney Hollow Road, Franklin Township, New Jersey, United States. At about 8 p.m. Ingenito armed himself with a Luger, a Mauser C96, and a .32 caliber rifle and drove to his 21-year-old ex-wife Theresa Mazzoli's house. He shot Theresa and his father-in-law Michael. When his mother-in-law Pearl fled across the street to her parent's home, Ingenito followed and shot her mother Theresa Pioppi in the doorway, then stepped over her body to shoot and kill his wife's pregnant aunt Marion Pioppi. He wounded his wife's nine-year-old cousin Jeannie, then shot and killed Pearl Mazzoli who tried to hide in a closet. Ingenito also killed Pearls's brother John who had chased after Ingenito with a knife. Ingenito continued his killing spree, driving to Minotola where Theresa's aunt and uncle Frank and Hilda Mazzoli lived. He shot both of them in front of their two younger children. Although critically wounded both survived.

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(-) 35 years ago Monday 17th of November 1980 Jacqueline Hill is stabbed to death by serial killer Peter Sutcliffe aka The Yorkshire Ripper in Alma Road, Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Hill was Sutcliffe's last known victim. "I pulled Miss Hill's clothes off, most of them. I had a screwdriver on me, I think it had a yellow handle and a bent blade. I stabbed her in her lungs. Her eyes were wide open and she seemed to be looking at me with an accusing stare. This shook me up a bit, I jabbed the screwdriver into her eye but they stayed open, and I felt worse than ever. I left her lying on her back with her feet towards the entrance. I think she was dead when I left."

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(-) 29 years ago Monday 17th of November 1986 Double murderer John Dale Cavaness aka Doc commits suicide by hanging at the age of 61 in Missouri State Penitentiary, 115 Lafayette Street, Jefferson, Missouri, United States. Cavaness killed his two sons to collect insurance money.

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(-) 17 years ago Tuesday 17th of November 1998 Serial killer Kenneth Allen McDuff aka The Broomstick Murderer is executed by lethal injection at the age of 52 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. McDuff's final meal according to death row chef Brian Price was a hamburger fashioned to resemble his request of a steak.

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14 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 17th of November 2001 A note about the final closure of the puppet museum in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France.

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