31st year - N° 198 Saturday, 16 July 2016

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31st year - N° 198 Saturday, 16 July 2016

16 July / Today's 14 Events:

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(-) 459 years ago Tuesday 16th of July 1557 Fourth wife of Henry VIII Anna von Kleve dies of cancer at the age of 42 in Chelsea Manor, Chelsea, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. von Kleve was the last of Henry's six wives to die.

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(+) 144 years ago Tuesday 16th of July 1872 Explorer Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen is born in Borge, Østlandet, Norway.

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(+) 105 years ago Sunday 16th of July 1911 Dancer, singer and actress Ginger Rogers, originally Virginia Katherine McMath is born in 100 Moore Street, Independence, Missouri, United States.

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(+) 96 years ago Friday 16th of July 1920 Actor Edwin Cooper aka Bozo the Clown is born in Arlington, Texas, United States.

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(+) 87 years ago Tuesday 16th of July 1929 Serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate is born in Mound City, Missouri, United States.

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(+) 75 years ago Wednesday 16th of July 1941 Musician Desmond Dekker, originally Desmond Adolphus Dacres is born in Saint Andrew Parish, Surrey, Jamaica.

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(-) 74 years ago Thursday 16th of July 1942 Kurt Kneller is murdered by doctor and serial killer Marcel Petiot aka The Triangular Chamber of Death Murderer in 21 Rue Le Sueur, XVIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(x) 65 years ago Monday 16th of July 1951 The novel 'The Catcher in the Rye' by 32-year-old Writer J. D. Jerome David Salinger known for The Catcher in the Rye is first published by Little, Brown and Company in New York City, New York, United States. The Catcher in the Rye was a popular success; within two months of its publication it had been reprinted eight times.

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(+) 62 years ago Friday 16th of July 1954 Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Eva Sybille Haule-Frimpong is born in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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(x) 50 years ago He Was Born to Lose Saturday 16th of July 1966 25-year-old Mass murderer Richard Benjamin Speck aka Born to Raise Hell tries to commit suicide by slashing his wrists in Starr Hotel, 617 W. Madison, Chicago, Illinois, United States. Speck was taken to Cook County Hospital at 12:30 a.m. the next day. At the hospital Speck was recognized by 25-year-old surgical Dr. LeRoy Smith, who had read about the murderer's 'Born To Raise Hell' tattoo in a newspaper story.

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(x) 35 years ago Thursday 16th of July 1981 52-year-old Serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate is arrested as Richard Clark while abducting 11-year-old Todd Peers in Bettendorf, Iowa, United States.

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13 years ago The Eyes had it Wednesday 16th of July 2003 Interesting shopwindows in the Indian shopping district in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia.

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(x) 6 years ago Friday 16th of July 2010 A High Court decides that 64-year-old Serial killer Peter William Sutcliffe aka The Yorkshire Ripper will never be released during his lifetime in Broadmoor Hospital, Crowthorne, Berkshire, United Kingdom. Sutcliffe was given 20 life terms in 1981 for thirteen murders and seven other attacks. In prison he changed his name to Peter Coonan.

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(-) 2 years ago Wednesday 16th of July 2014 Musician Johnny John Dawson Winter dies of unknown causes at the age of 70 in Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

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