31st year - N° 239 Friday, 26 August 2016

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31st year - N° 239 Friday, 26 August 2016

26 August / Today's 12 Events:

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(+) 171 years ago Tuesday 26th of August 1845 Victim of Jack the Ripper Mary Ann Nichols, originally Walker aka Polly is born in Dean Street, Soho, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 136 years ago Thursday 26th of August 1880 Surrealist writer Guillaume Apollinaire, originally Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki is born in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(+) 118 years ago Friday 26th of August 1898 Art collector, bohemian and socialite Peggy Marguerite Guggenheim is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(+) 72 years ago Saturday 26th of August 1944 Drummer Maureen Ann 'Moe' Tucker known from The Velvet Underground is born in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, New York, United States.

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(-) 66 years ago Saturday 26th of August 1950 Automobile manufacturing pioneer Ransom Eli Olds dies of natural causes at the age of 86 in Olds Mansion, South Washington Avenue, Lansing, Michigan, United States.

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(+) 57 years ago Wednesday 26th of August 1959 Victim of Jeffrey Dahmer aka The Milwaukee Cannibal Anthony Hughes is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

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(x) 46 years ago Wednesday 26th of August 1970 Film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder is born in Feldkirchen, Bayern, Germany. Fassbinder and Caven divorced in 1972.

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(x) 44 years ago Saturday 26th of August 1972 37-year-old Serial killer Joseph Kallinger, originally Joseph Lee Brenner III aka The Shoemaker is released from prison on bail after being charged with child-abuse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(-) 42 years ago Monday 26th of August 1974 Aviation pioneer Charles Augustus Lindbergh aka The Lone Eagle dies of lymphoma at the age of 72 in Kipahulu, Hawaii, United States.

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(x) 33 years ago Friday 26th of August 1983 36-year-old Serial killer William George Bonin aka The Freeway Killer is sentenced to die for four murders in Orange County, California, United States. Bonin was already sentenced to death for 10 murders in Los Angeles County.

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(x) 16 years ago Saturday 26th of August 2000 67-year-old Gangster Reginald Kray aka Reggie Kray is released from prison on compassionate grounds in Wayland Prison, Griston, Norfolk, United Kingdom.

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9 years ago The Eyes had it Sunday 26th of August 2007 The grave of student leader Rudi Dutschke in St.-Annen-Kirchhof, Dahlem, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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