30th year - N° 344 Thursday, 10 December 2015

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30th year - N° 344 Thursday, 10 December 2015

10 December / Today's 10 Events:

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(x) 495 years ago Friday 10th of December 1520 37-year-old Theologian and church reformer Martin Luther publicly sets fire to the Papal Bull 'Exsurge Domine' in Schloßkirche, Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. Luther defended his act in 'Why the Pope and his Recent Book are Burned' and 'Assertions Concerning All Articles'. As a consequence he was excommunicated by Pope Leo X on 3 January 1521.

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(x) 474 years ago Wednesday 10th of December 1541 Thomas Culpeper is beheaded and Francis Dereham is hung, cut down while still alive, disemboweled, beheaded and quartered for having sexual relations with 18-year-old Fifth wife of Henry VIII Catherine Howard aka The Rose without a Thorn in Tyburn Tree, Tyburn, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. According to custom, Culpeper and Dereham's heads were placed on top of London Bridge.

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(x) 147 years ago Thursday 10th of December 1868 The first traffic control device is installed at the intersection of George and Bridge Streets in Parliament Square, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. The device had lights and it used arms which extended outwards. It was operated manually by a police officer.

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(-) 119 years ago Thursday 10th of December 1896 Chemist, engineer, innovator and armaments manufacturer Alfred Bernhard Nobel aka The Merchant of Death known for inventing dynamite dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 63 in San Remo, Liguria, Italy.

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(+) 107 years ago Thursday 10th of December 1908 Composer, organist and ornithologist Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen is born in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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(+) 96 years ago Wednesday 10th of December 1919 Murderess Jean Lee, originally Marjorie Jean Maude Wright is born in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia.

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(-) 70 years ago Monday 10th of December 1945 Frances Brown is battered, shot and stabbed to death by serial killer William Heirens aka Catch Me Before I Kill More in Pine Crest Residential Hotel, Pine Grove Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States. On the bedroom wall Heirens wrote in lipstick: "For heaven's sake catch me before I kill more I cannot control myself".

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(x) 35 years ago Wednesday 10th of December 1980 32-year-old Serial killer Metod Trobec aka The Monster of Dolenja Vas is found guilty of the rape and murder of 5 young girls in Stari Log, Primorsko-Goranska, Yugoslavia.

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(-) 29 years ago Wednesday 10th of December 1986 Actress Susan Cabot, originally Harriet Shapiro is beaten to death with a weightlifting bar by her 22-year-old dwarf son Timothy Scott Roman at the age of 59 in Encino, California, United States. Roman, who suffered from psychological problems, was subsequently charged with involuntary manslaughter and received a three-year suspended sentence.

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16 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 10th of December 1999 A deformed beggar making his way on the sidewalk in Pahurat, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand.

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