31st year - N° 228 Monday, 15 August 2016

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31st year - N° 228 Monday, 15 August 2016

15 August / Today's 19 Events:

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(+) 247 years ago Tuesday 15th of August 1769 War leader Napoléon Bonaparte, originally Napoleone di Buonaparte is born in Casa Buonaparte, Rue Saint-Charles, Ajaccio, Corsica, France.

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(+) 245 years ago Thursday 15th of August 1771 Historical novelist, playwright and poet Walter Scott is born in College Wynd, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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(+) 231 years ago Monday 15th of August 1785 Writer Thomas Penson De Quincey is born in 86 Cross Street, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 194 years ago Thursday 15th of August 1822 Wife of Edgar Allan Poe Virginia Eliza Clemm is born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

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(+) 159 years ago Saturday 15th of August 1857 Jack the Ripper suspect Montague John Druitt is born in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, United Kingdom.

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(x) 139 years ago He Had a Little Needle Wednesday 15th of August 1877 30-year-old Inventor Thomas Alva Edison aka The Wizard of Menlo Park makes the first phonograph recording in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Edison recorded 'Mary had a Little Lamp'.

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(+) 121 years ago Thursday 15th of August 1895 Murderess Virginia Christian is born in Richmond, Virginia, United States.

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(+) 120 years ago Saturday 15th of August 1896 Inventor Léon Theremin, originally Lev Sergeyevich Termen is born in St. Petersburg, Northwestern Federal District, Russia.

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(+) 111 years ago Tuesday 15th of August 1905 Nazi doctor Joachim Mrugowsky is born in Rathenow, Brandenburg, Germany.

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(+) 91 years ago Saturday 15th of August 1925 Actor Mike Connors, originally Kreker J. Ohanian known for playing detective Joe Mannix is born in Fresno, California, United States.

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(+) 76 years ago Thursday 15th of August 1940 Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Gudrun Ensslin is born in Bartholomä, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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(+) 72 years ago Elle Était une Jolie Poupée Tuesday 15th of August 1944 Singer-songwriter and actress Sylvie Vartan, originally Sylvie Georges Vartanian aka La Collégienne du Twist is born in Iskrets, Sofiyska Oblast, Bulgaria.

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(+) 61 years ago Monday 15th of August 1955 Victim of Dean Corll aka The Candyman Donald Wayne Waldrop is born in Alpharetta, Georgia, United States.

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(+) 58 years ago Friday 15th of August 1958 Murderess Laurie Lawrencia Bembenek aka Run, Bambi, Run is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

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(x) 55 years ago Tuesday 15th of August 1961 19-year-old Soldier Conrad Hans Schumann aka The First Man to Jump the Berlin Wall succesfully makes his escape to the West over the Berlin Wall in Ruppiner Straße and Bernauer Straße, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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(+) 42 years ago Thursday 15th of August 1974 Double murderer Tommie Tom Andrew Hughes is born in Dallas, Texas, United States.

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(x) 36 years ago They Came to Take Him Away Friday 15th of August 1980 21-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'First Aid' in Bilzen, Limburg, Belgium. I wanted to do the performance 'Ladder-1' on the roof of a building. Just when I started I was taken down by the security-services.

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13 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 15th of August 2003 A night-ride in Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia.

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9 years ago The Eyes had it Wednesday 15th of August 2007 A wooden fisherman's house on the old Schelde river in Weert, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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