30th year - N° 334 Monday, 30 November 2015

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30th year - N° 334 Monday, 30 November 2015

30 November / Today's 21 Events:

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(+) 348 years ago Wednesday 30th of November 1667 Satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet, cleric and Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral Jonathan Swift known for Gulliver’s Travels is born in 7 Hoey's Court, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.

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(+) 205 years ago Friday 30th of November 1810 Weapon designer Oliver Fisher Winchester known for the Winchester repeating rifle is born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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(+) 180 years ago Monday 30th of November 1835 Writer Mark Twain, originally Samuel Langhorne Clemens known the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is born in Florida, Missouri, United States.

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(+) 141 years ago Monday 30th of November 1874 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill is born in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

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(-) 115 years ago He Died a Catholic Friday 30th of November 1900 Poet and writer Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde dies of meningitis at the age of 46 in Hôtel d'Alsace, 13, Rue des Beaux-Arts, VIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Wilde was conditionally baptised into the Catholic Church by Fr Cuthbert Dunne the day before.

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(x) 107 years ago Monday 30th of November 1908 154 die in coal mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(x) 94 years ago Wednesday 30th of November 1921 52-year-old Serial killer Henri Désiré Landru aka Le Barbe-Bleue de Gambais is sentenced to death in 3 Place André Mignot, Versailles, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 79 years ago Monday 30th of November 1936 Political and social activist and anarchist Abbie Abbot Howard Hoffman is born in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.

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(+) 78 years ago Tuesday 30th of November 1937 Cyclist Tom Thomas Tom is born in Haswell, North East, United Kingdom.

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(+) 78 years ago Tuesday 30th of November 1937 Film director Ridley Scott known for the neo-noir dystopian science fiction film Blade Runner is born in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom.

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(+) 74 years ago Sunday 30th of November 1941 Military commander and chief of the Iraqi Intelligence Service Ali Hassan al-Majid, originally Alī Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrītī aka Chemical Ali is born in Al-Awja, Salah ad Din, Iraq.

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(+) 69 years ago Saturday 30th of November 1946 Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Ralf Baptist Friedrich is born in Landsweiler-Reden, Saarland, Germany.

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(+) 60 years ago Wednesday 30th of November 1955 Musician Billy Idol, originally William Michael Albert Broad is born in Stanmore, Middlesex, United Kingdom.

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(+) 58 years ago Saturday 30th of November 1957 Irish republican hunger striker Thomas McElwee, originally Tomas Mac Giolla Bhuidhe is born in Bellaghy, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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(x) 58 years ago Saturday 30th of November 1957 32-year-old Satan worshipper and serial rapist Edward John Louis Paisnel aka The Beast of Jersey attacks an unidentified 29-year-old nurse in Monte a l'Abbé, Saint Helier, Jersey, United Kingdom.

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(-) 53 years ago Friday 30th of November 1962 Triple murderer Lowell Lee Andrews aka The Nicest Boy in Wolcott is executed by hanging at the age of 23 in United States Penitentiary, Metropolitan Avenue, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. Andrews' last meal request was for two fried chickens with sides of mashed potatoes, green beans and Pie à la Mode.

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(+) 49 years ago Wednesday 30th of November 1966 Murderer James Edward Clayton is born in New York City, New York, United States.

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(-) 21 years ago Wednesday 30th of November 1994 Theorist, writer, filmmaker and founding member of the Situationist International Guy Ernest Debord commits suicide by a shot through the heart at the age of 63 in Champot, Bellevue-la-Montagne, Auvergne, France.

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(x) 21 years ago Wednesday 30th of November 1994 23-year-old Rapper Tupac Shakur aka 2Pac is shot twice in the head, twice in the groin and once in the arm by three unidentified men in Quad Recording Studios, 723 7th Avenue # 10, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.

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(-) 19 years ago He Was Not Okay Saturday 30th of November 1996 Falsetto singer and ukulele player Tiny Tim, originally Herbert Khaury dies of a heart attack at the age of 64 in Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. While singing his most famous song 'Tiptoe Through the Tulips' at a Gala Benefit at The Woman's Club of Minneapolis Tim suffered a heart attack on stage. He was led out by his wife Susan Marie Gardner who asked him if he was okay. Tim responded, "No, I'm not!" Those were to be his final words. Tim collapsed shortly thereafter and was rushed to the hospital where he died after doctors tried to resuscitate him for one hour and fifteen minutes.

(-) 18 years ago Sunday 30th of November 1997 Feminist punk poet Kathy Acker, originally Karen Lehmann dies of complications of breast cancer at the age of 50 in American Biologics Clinic, 15 Azucenas Street, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.

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