31st year - N° 91 Thursday, 31 March 2016

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31st year - N° 91 Thursday, 31 March 2016

31 March / Today's 14 Events:

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(+) 138 years ago Sunday 31st of March 1878 Boxer Jack John Arthur Johnson aka The Galveston Giant known for becoming the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion is born in Galveston, Texas, United States.

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(+) 107 years ago Wednesday 31st of March 1909 Writer and journalist Robert Brasillach is born in Perpignan, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.

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(-) 100 years ago Friday 31st of March 1916 Black Jeff Brown is lynched for bumping into a white woman in Cedar Bluff, Mississippi, United States.

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(+) 90 years ago Wednesday 31st of March 1926 Writer John Robert Fowles known for The Collector is born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom.

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(x) 84 years ago Thursday 31st of March 1932 Nazi leader and Reichsjugendführer Baldur Benedikt von Schirach is born in Alter Peter, Petersplatz 1, München, Bayern, Germany.

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(+) 81 years ago Sunday 31st of March 1935 Actor Richard George Chamberlain is born in Beverly Hills, California, United States.

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(+) 81 years ago Sunday 31st of March 1935 Musician Herb Herbert Alpert known from Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass is born in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(x) 63 years ago Tuesday 31st of March 1953 54-year-old Serial killer John Reginald Halliday Christie aka The Strangler of 10 Rillington Place is arrested, posing as John Waddington in Putney Bridge, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. All he had in his possession were some coins and an old newspaper clipping about the remand of Timothy Evans.

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(-) 54 years ago Saturday 31st of March 1962 Klaus Jung is abducted and killed by serial killer Jürgen Bartsch aka Der Kirmesmörder in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(x) 46 years ago Tuesday 31st of March 1970 A Japan Airlines Boeing 727-89 Flight 351 is hijacked by nine members of the Communist militant group the Japanese Red Army on the way from Tokyo in Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan. The group then proceeded to Pyongyang's Mirim Airport, where they surrendered to North Korean authorities, who offered the whole group asylum.

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(-) 36 years ago He Couldn't Win from Death Monday 31st of March 1980 Black Olympic legend Jesse James Cleveland Owens dies of lung cancer at the age of 67 in Tucson, Arizona, United States.

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(x) 30 years ago Monday 31st of March 1986 167 die in Mexicana Boeing 727–264 Flight 940 crash into a mountain in El Carbón, Michoacán, Sierra Madre, Mexico.

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(-) 21 years ago Friday 31st of March 1995 Singer-songwriter Selena Quintanilla-Pérez aka The Queen of Tejano music is shot dead by 35-year-old Yolanda Saldívar, the president of her fan club at the age of 24 in Days Inn Motel, 901 Navigation Blvd, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. Saldívar was embezzling money from the Selena fan club and Selena decided to fire her. Shot once in her right shoulder, severing an artery, Selena ran towards the lobby for help. She collapsed on the floor as the clerk called 911, with Saldívar still chasing her and calling her a "bitch". Selena died in a hospital from loss of blood. Her funeral drew 60.000 mourners.

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12 years ago The Eyes had it Wednesday 31st of March 2004 Peaches on stage in Ancienne Belgique, Boulevard Anspach 110, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium.

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31st year - N° 90 Wednesday, 30 March 2016

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31st year - N° 90 Wednesday, 30 March 2016

30 March / Today's 11 Events:

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(+) 205 years ago He Wanted to Burn Saturday 30th of March 1811 Chemist Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen known for development of the Bunsen burner is born in Göttingen, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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(+) 172 years ago Saturday 30th of March 1844 Poet Paul Marie Verlaine is born in 2 Rue Haute-Pierre, Metz, Lorraine, France.

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(+) 122 years ago Friday 30th of March 1894 Engineer and aircraft designer Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin is born in Dilyalevo, Vologda Oblast, Russia.

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(+) 111 years ago Thursday 30th of March 1905 Chief executioner Albert Pierrepoint is born in Clayton, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 103 years ago Sunday 30th of March 1913 Singer and actor Frankie Laine, originally Francesco Paolo LoVecchio aka Old Leather Lungs is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(-) 91 years ago Monday 30th of March 1925 Philosopher, social reformer, architect and esotericist Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner aka The Father of Anthroposophy dies of unknown causes at the age of 64 in Goetheanum, Dornach, Solothurn, Switzerland.

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(x) 86 years ago Sunday 30th of March 1930 Sybilla Wil is attacked by serial killer Peter Kürten aka The Vampire of Düsseldorf in Grafenberger Wald, Grafenberg, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(+) 79 years ago Tuesday 30th of March 1937 Child killer Lucien Léger aka L'étrangleur nº 1 is born in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 79 years ago Tuesday 30th of March 1937 Actor Warren Beatty, originally Henry Warren Beaty is born in Richmond, Virginia, United States.

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(+) 52 years ago Monday 30th of March 1964 Murderer John Kennedy Barefield is born in Houston, Texas, United States.

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(x) 41 years ago He Solved His Problem Sunday 30th of March 1975 41-year-old Mass murderer James Urban Ruppert shoots his entire family with a .357 Magnum pistol, two .22 caliber handguns and a rifle because his 65-year-old mother Charity was frustrated with her son's inability to hold a steady job and his constant drinking; she threatened to evict him in 635 Minor Avenue, Hamilton, Ohio, United States. The victims were his 65-year-old mother Charity, his 42-year-old brother Leonard II, his 38-year-old sister-in-law Alma and their children 17-year-old Leonard Jr., 16-year-old Michael, 15-year-old Thomas, 13-year-old Carol, 12-year-old Ann, 11-year-old David, 9-year-old Teresa and 4-year-old John.

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31st year - N° 89 Tuesday, 29 March 2016

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31st year - N° 89 Tuesday, 29 March 2016

29 March / Today's 15 Events:

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(+) 105 years ago He Was the New Messiah Wednesday 29th of March 1911 Founder of the Wisdom, Knowledge, Faith and Love Fountain of the World cult Krishna Venta, originally Francis Herman Pencovic is born in San Francisco, California, United States.

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(+) 94 years ago Wednesday 29th of March 1922 Victim of John Christie aka The Strangler of 10 Rillington Place Ruth Fuerst is born in Wien, Wien, Austria.

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(+) 82 years ago Thursday 29th of March 1934 Mass murderer James Urban Ruppert is born in Hamilton, Ohio, United States.

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(+) 72 years ago Wednesday 29th of March 1944 Terry Terrence Ross Jacks known for his hit song ‘Seasons in the Sun’ is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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(+) 67 years ago Tuesday 29th of March 1949 Murderer John Arthur Spenkelink is born in Le Mars, Iowa, United States.

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(x) 65 years ago Thursday 29th of March 1951 33-year-old American Communist and Soviet spy Julius Rosenberg and his 35-year-old wife Ethel are convicted to death for conspiracy to commit espionage in New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 62 years ago Monday 29th of March 1954 Karen Ann Quinlan aka The Coma Girl is born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Quinlan was born to a young unmarried woman of Irish American ancestry. A few weeks later she was adopted by devout Roman Catholics Joseph and Julia Quinlan.

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(+) 57 years ago Sunday 29th of March 1959 Murderer Charles Laverne Singleton is born in Hamburg, Arkansas, United States.

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(x) 39 years ago Fing Er Einen Fisch Tuesday 29th of March 1977 Paul Klee's 'Der Goldene Fisch' is attacked by 40-year-old Art vandal Hans-Joachim Bohlmann in Kunsthalle Hamburg, Glockengießerwall, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

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(x) 38 years ago Wednesday 29th of March 1978 44-year-old Serial killer Angelo Anthony Buono aka The Hillside Strangler marries 21-year-old Tai-Fun Fanny Leung in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(-) 32 years ago Thursday 29th of March 1984 Sheryl Lynn Bonaventura is abducted, tortured and killed by serial killer Christopher Wilder aka The Beauty Queen Killer in Mesa Mall, 2424 U.S. 6, Grand Junction, Colorado, United States.

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(-) 31 years ago Friday 29th of March 1985 Singer-songwriter Jeanine Deckers aka Sœur Sourire aka The Singing Nun commits suicide by an overdose of barbiturates and alcohol at the age of 52 in Green Horizons Apartment #47 B, 144 Chaussee de Bruxelles, Wavre, Brabant-Wallon, Belgium. Deckers committed suicide together with her companion of ten years Annie Pécher due to a depression after being harrassed for years by the Belgian tax-services.

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(x) 22 years ago Tuesday 29th of March 1994 35-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Wurger's Droom' in Linkeroever, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. On the location where the so-called 'Strangler of the Left Bank' committed a murder, I was hanging upside down between four trees. To my arms and legs I tied small hatchets and I pulled a plastic bag over my head. I hung there as long as I could. The performance was inspired by an ever recurring nightmare by the 'Strangler', with whom I kept an intense correspondence for several years.

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(x) 16 years ago Wednesday 29th of March 2000 41-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Thai Boy Slim Foodstall' in Factor 44, Bleekhofstraat 44, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. During a documentary evening about the adventures of the Factor 44 artists in Bangkok I serviced a wayward version of my favourite Thai Foodstall in Taling Chan.

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14 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 29th of March 2002 Underground discoveries on unknown territories in Centraal Station, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium.

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31st year - N° 88 Monday, 28 March 2016

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31st year - N° 88 Monday, 28 March 2016

28 March / Today's 13 Events:

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(+) 148 years ago Saturday 28th of March 1868 Writer and political activist Maxim Gorky, originally Alexei Maximovich Peshkov is born in Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.

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(-) 135 years ago Monday 28th of March 1881 Composer Modest Pyotrovich Mussorgsky dies of a seizure at the age of 42 in St. Petersburg, Northwestern Federal District, Russia.

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(+) 118 years ago Monday 28th of March 1898 Wife and victim of John Christie aka The Strangler of 10 Rillington Place Ethel Simpson, originally Simpson Waddington is born in 30 St Luke Street, Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 96 years ago Sunday 28th of March 1920 Actor Dirk Bogarde, originally Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde is born in 12 Hemstal Road, West Hampstead, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 79 years ago He Was Only an Extremely Imperfect Receiving Set Sunday 28th of March 1937 54-year-old Mary Gedeon and her 20-year-old daughter Veronica are strangled and waiter Frank Byrnes is stabbed to death with an icepic by 30-year-old Artist, recurring mental hospital patient and murderer Robert George Irwin aka The Mad Sculptor in 316 East 50th Street, New York City, New York, United States. "Bob Irwin is nothing. I am only a receiving set. An extremely imperfect one, which can indistinctly tune in the divine mind. You have heard a radio that isn't working well."

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(-) 75 years ago She Did what Seemed the Best Thing to Do Friday 28th of March 1941 Writer Virginia Adeline Stephen Woolf commits suicide by drowning at the age of 59 in River Ouse, Rodmell, Sussex, United Kingdom. Woolf put on her overcoat, filled its pockets with stones, walked into the River Ouse near her home and drowned herself. Her body was not found until 18 April 1941. "I feel certain that I am going mad again: I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and can't concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness... I can't fight it any longer, I know that I am spoiling your life, that without me you could work."

(+) 74 years ago Saturday 28th of March 1942 Soldier Conrad Hans Schumann aka The First Man to Jump the Berlin Wall is born in Zschochau, Sachsen, Germany.

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(+) 58 years ago He Was Born Perfect Friday 28th of March 1958 Wrestler Curt Curtis Michael Hennig aka Mr. Perfect is born in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, United States. "I am the greatest wrestler, the greatest athlete the state of Minnesota has ever produced."

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(-) 39 years ago Monday 28th of March 1977 Sylvia Lauterbach is beaten to death by serial killer Bernd Bopp aka The Hammer Murderer in Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

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(x) 37 years ago Wednesday 28th of March 1979 20-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Thriller' in Prinsenhof 03, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. I stood facing a wall. A razorblade was pressed between my lips and the wall. I stayed as long as I could.

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(x) 37 years ago Wednesday 28th of March 1979 A partial nuclear meltdown of the TMI-2 reactor in Unit 2 occurs due to a loss-of-coolant accident in Three Mile Island, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Within days 140.000 people had left the area to escape the release of small amounts of radioactive gases and radioactive iodine into the environment.

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17 years ago The Eyes had it Sunday 28th of March 1999 Messieurs Delmotte at an artists gathering in Galerie Nadja Vilenne, 5 Rue du Commandant Marchand, Liège, Liège, Belgium.

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(-) 10 years ago Tuesday 28th of March 2006 Serial killer Jerry Jerome Henry Brudos aka The Lust Killer dies of liver cancer at the age of 67 in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States. At the time of his death, Brudos was the longest incarcerated inmate in the Oregon Department of Corrections, a total of 37 years.

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