31st year - N° 196 Thursday, 14 July 2016

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31st year - N° 196 Thursday, 14 July 2016

14 July / Today's 25 Events:

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(-) 199 years ago Monday 14th of July 1817 Writer Germaine Anne Louise de Staël, originally Anne Louise Germaine Necker aka Madame de Staël dies of paralysis at the age of 51 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 154 years ago Monday 14th of July 1862 Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt known from the Wiener Secession is born in Baumgarten, Wien, Austria.

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(+) 148 years ago Tuesday 14th of July 1868 Writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, spy and archaeologist Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell aka The Uncrowned Queen of Iraq is born in Washington Hall, Washington, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom.

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(+) 141 years ago Wednesday 14th of July 1875 Entertainer, priest and womanizer Harold Francis Davidson aka The Prostitutes' Padre is born in Sholing, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

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(-) 135 years ago Thursday 14th of July 1881 Outlaw, gunfighter and folk icon Billy the Kid, originally Henry McCarty aka William H. Bonney aka Kid Antrim is shot dead by Sheriff Pat Garret at the age of 22 in Fort Summer, New Mexico, United States.

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(-) 113 years ago Tuesday 14th of July 1903 Womanizer and murderer Samuel Herbert Dougal aka The Moat Farm Murderer is executed by hanging at the age of 57 in Chelmsford Prison, Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom.

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(+) 104 years ago Sunday 14th of July 1912 Singer-songwriter Woody Woodrow Wilson Guthrie is born in Dewey Property, 6th Street, Okemah, Oklahoma, United States.

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(+) 103 years ago Monday 14th of July 1913 38th President of the United States Gerald Rudolph Ford, originally Leslie Lynch King Jr. is born in 3202 Woolworth Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska, United States.

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(-) 102 years ago Tuesday 14th of July 1914 Black James Bailey is lynched for stealing three mules in Lake Cormorant, Missouri, United States.

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(+) 98 years ago Sunday 14th of July 1918 Film director Ingmar Ernst Bergman is born in Uppsala, Uppland, Sweden.

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(+) 97 years ago Monday 14th of July 1919 Actor Lino Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura is born in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

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(+) 90 years ago He Came from Paris, Texas Wednesday 14th of July 1926 Actor Harry Dean Stanton is born in West Irvine, Kentucky, United States.

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(+) 66 years ago Friday 14th of July 1950 Revolutionary thief Mario Roymans aka Tijl van Limburg is born in Nerem, Limburg, Belgium.

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(+) 58 years ago Monday 14th of July 1958 Victim of John Wayne Gacy aka The Killer Clown William Kindred aka Billy Shotgun is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(-) 58 years ago Monday 14th of July 1958 Rapist and murderer Frederick Ducharme is executed by hanging at the age of 43 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.

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(x) 56 years ago Thursday 14th of July 1960 255 die in mental hospital fire in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Another 300 of the 1600 patients were injured.

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(-) 52 years ago Paint Spots Were Found on Her Body Tuesday 14th of July 1964 Mary Flemming aka Mary Turner is choked to death by unidentified serial killer Jack the Stripper in Chiswick, West London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 50 years ago He Came to Raise Hell Thursday 14th of July 1966 21-year-old Gloria Davy, 20-year-old Pamela Wilkening, 20-year-old Mary Ann Jordan, 21-year-old Suzanne Farris, 24-year-old Nina Schmale, 23-year-old Valentina Pasion, 22-year-old Marlita Gargullo and 20-year-old Patricia Matusek are raped and killed by 25-year-old Mass murderer Richard Benjamin Speck aka Born to Raise Hell in 2319 East 100th Street, Jeffery Manor, Chicago, United States. 23-year-old Corazon Amurao hid under a bed and escaped the massacre, she identified Speck due to the 'Born to Raise Hell' tattoo on his forearm. Photographs of the eight nurses were the basis of 'Eight Student Nurses', a 1966 painting series by Gerhard Richter.

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(-) 42 years ago Sunday 14th of July 1974 Janice Anne Ott is abducted and bludgeoned to death by serial killer Ted Bundy aka The Only Living Witness in Lake Sammamish State Park, Washington, United States.

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(-) 42 years ago Sunday 14th of July 1974 Denise Marie Naslund is abducted and strangled by serial killer Ted Bundy aka The Only Living Witness in Lake Sammamish State Park, Washington, United States.

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(x) 41 years ago Monday 14th of July 1975 41-year-old Mass murderer James Urban Ruppert is sentenced to 11 life sentences for the murders of 11 members of his family in Hamilton, Ohio, United States.

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(-) 35 years ago The Baby Wasn't Breathing Tuesday 14th of July 1981 8-month old Jennifer Daniels is smothered by serial killer Christine Falling aka The Babysitter Killer in Perry, Florida, United States. Falling was a passenger in a car driven by her 19-year-old stepsister Betty Jean Daniels. The two women had taken the baby for routine vaccinations. On the way home Daniels left them alone to pick up some groceries. When she returned to the car Falling announced "The baby ain't breathing."

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(-) 28 years ago Thursday 14th of July 1988 Yevgeny Muratov is stabbed to death and his tongue bitten off by serial killer Andrei Chikatilo aka The Rostov Ripper in Shakhty, Rostov Oblast, Russia.

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(-) 27 years ago Friday 14th of July 1989 Murderer Horace Dunkins is executed by Yellow Mama in Holman Correctional Facility, Ross Road, Atmore, Alabama, United States. The first blow just rendered Dunkins unconscious, the second one was administered only 9 minutes later due to a lack of power. Dunkins was pronounced dead 19 minutes after the first jolt.

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15 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 14th of July 2001 The inside of a hot air balloon in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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