31st year - N° 197 Friday, 15 July 2016

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31st year - N° 197 Friday, 15 July 2016

15 July / Today's 20 Events:

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(-) 390 years ago Wednesday 15th of July 1626 Artist's model and first wife of Peter Paul Rubens Isabella Brant dies of bubonic plague at the age of 35 in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(+) 124 years ago War Er Kein Technischen Reproduzierbarkeit Friday 15th of July 1892 Philosopher Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin is born in Charlottenburg, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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(-) 112 years ago Friday 15th of July 1904 Writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov dies of tuberculosis at the age of 44 in Badenweiler, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Chekhov's body was transported to Moscow in a refrigerated railway car meant for oysters.

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(+) 110 years ago Sunday 15th of July 1906 Murderer Alfred William Bayly is born in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand.

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(+) 108 years ago Wednesday 15th of July 1908 Victim of Joachim Kroll aka The Ruhr Hunter Maria Hettgen is born in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(+) 97 years ago She Was Not Under the Net Tuesday 15th of July 1919 Writer Iris Jean Murdoch is born in Blessington Street, Phibsborough, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.

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(-) 87 years ago Monday 15th of July 1929 Poet and writer Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal dies of a stroke at the age of 55 in Wien, Wien, Austria. Hofmannsthal died shortly after attending the funeral of his son Franz who committed suicide two days before.

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(+) 86 years ago He Was Constructed Tuesday 15th of July 1930 Philosopher Jacques Jackie Élie Derrida aka The Father of Deconstructionism is born in El Biar, Wilāya Al Ǧazāʾir, Algeria.

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(+) 79 years ago Thursday 15th of July 1937 Mass murderer Robert Raymond Cook is born in Hanna, Alberta, Canada.

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(+) 76 years ago Monday 15th of July 1940 Mass murderer Ronald Gene Simmons is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(+) 64 years ago Tuesday 15th of July 1952 Musician Johnny Thunders, originally John Anthony Genzale known from The New York Dolls is born in Queens, New York, New York, United States.

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(-) 63 years ago His Nose Itched for a Short While Wednesday 15th of July 1953 Serial killer John Reginald Halliday Christie aka The Strangler of 10 Rillington Place is executed by hanging at the age of 54 in HM Prison Pentonville, Caledonian Road, Islington, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. After being pinioned for execution, Christie complained that his nose itched. Executioner Albert Pierrepoint assured him that "It won't bother you for long".

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(+) 60 years ago Sunday 15th of July 1956 Musician Marky Ramone, originally Marc Steven Bell is born in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States.

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(+) 60 years ago His Parents Danced to the Radio Sunday 15th of July 1956 Musician Ian Kevin Curtis known from Joy Division is born in Old Trafford Memorial Hospital, 226 Seymour Grove, Stretford, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

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(x) 57 years ago Wednesday 15th of July 1959 53-year-old Art vandal Walter Menzl is sentenced to three years imprisonment and a 800.000,- DM fine for the acid attack on Peter Paul Rubens' 'Der Höllensturz der Verdammten' on 26 February 1959 in Alte Pinakothek, München, Bayern, Germany.

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(x) 45 years ago Thursday 15th of July 1971 Artist Jean Tinguely is sentenced to three years imprisonment and a 800.000,- DM fine for the acid attack on Peter Paul Rubens' 'Der Höllensturz der Verdammten' on 26 February 1959 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 42 years ago Monday 15th of July 1974 News reporter Christine Chubbuck commits suicide by a shot through the head at the age of 30 in WXLT-TV, Sarasota, Florida, United States. Chubbuck was doing a live newscast during her Suncoast Digest show and said "In keeping with Channel 40's policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts, and in living color, you are going to see another first: an attempted suicide" and shot herself behind the left ear. Chubbuck was taken to Sarasota Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead fourteen hours later.

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(x) 26 years ago Bambi Ran Sunday 15th of July 1990 32-year-old Murderess Laurie Lawrencia Bembenek aka Run, Bambi, Run escapes from prison with the help of her fiancé Nick Gugliatto in Taycheedah Correctional Institution, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States. Bembenek's escape ignited the slogan 'Run, Bambi, Run'. They fled to Thunder Bay, Ontario and spent three months as fugitives before being apprehended.

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(-) 25 years ago Monday 15th of July 1991 Oliver Lacy aka Birdie is drugged, strangled and dismembered by serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer aka The Milwaukee Cannibal in Oxford Apartments #213, 924 25th North Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Earlier that day Dahmer was fired from his job at the Ambrosia Chocolate Co. for chronic absenteism.

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13 years ago The Eyes had it Tuesday 15th of July 2003 Weird things to see around and in Muzium Negara, Jalan Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia.

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