31st year - N° 211 Friday, 29 July 2016

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31st year - N° 211 Friday, 29 July 2016

29 July / Today's 12 Events:

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(-) 160 years ago Tuesday 29th of July 1856 Romantic composer Robert Schumann dies of a result of syphilis at the age of 46 in Dr. Franz Richarz Sanatorium, Endenich, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. According to studies by the musicologist and literary scholar Eric Sams, Schumann's symptoms during his terminal illness and death appear consistent with those of mercury poisoning, mercury at this time being a common treatment for syphilis and other conditions.

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(+) 133 years ago Sunday 29th of July 1883 Leader of the Italian National Fascist Party Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini aka Il Duce is born in Via Varano Costa Nuova, Dovia di Predappio, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

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(+) 111 years ago Saturday 29th of July 1905 Actress Thelma Alice Todd aka The Bohemian Girl is born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States.

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(+) 111 years ago Saturday 29th of July 1905 Actress and sex symbol Clara Gordon Bow aka The It Girl is born in 697 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States. In the Census of 1930 Bow claims she was born in 1906 and on her gravestone of 1965 the inscription says 1907.

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(+) 103 years ago Tuesday 29th of July 1913 SS-Hauptsturmführer Erich Priebke is born in Hennigsdorf, Brandenburg, Germany.

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(+) 102 years ago Wednesday 29th of July 1914 Manufacturer of the 'Bic' Marcel Bich is born in Torino, Piedmontese, Italy.

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(+) 93 years ago Sunday 29th of July 1923 Guitar amplification pioneer Jim James Charles Marshall aka The Father of Loud is born in Acton, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 92 years ago Tuesday 29th of July 1924 Murder victim Elizabeth Short aka The Black Dahlia is born in Hyde Park, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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(-) 78 years ago The Boat Was Undamaged Friday 29th of July 1938 Mary Carpenter dies of Spontaneous Human Combustion in The Broads, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Mrs Carpenter's ignition took place in full view of her husband and children. She was engulfed in in flames and reduced to a charred corpse in minutes. No one else was burned and the boat was undamaged.

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(-) 37 years ago Sunday 29th of July 1979 Philosopher, sociologist and political theorist Herbert Marcuse aka The Father of the New Left dies of a stroke at the age of 81 in Starnberg, Bayern, Germany.

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(-) 33 years ago He Was Afraid of Dying Alone in a Hotel Room Friday 29th of July 1983 Surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel, originally Buñuel Portolés aka Le Chien Andalou dies of natural causes at the age of 83 in Mexico City, Mexico.

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(-) 16 years ago Saturday 29th of July 2000 Serial killer Nestor Pirotte aka Le Tueur Fou dies of a heart attack at the age of 67 in Prison de Jamioulx, Rue Vandamme 120, Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes, Hainaut, Belgium. Only one person attended Pirotte's funeral.

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