31st year - N° 284 Monday, 10 October 2016

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31st year - N° 284 Monday, 10 October 2016

10 October / Today's 19 Events:

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(+) 203 years ago Sunday 10th of October 1813 Composer Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi is born in Via della Processione 1, Le Roncole, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

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(+) 127 years ago Thursday 10th of October 1889 Art forger Han Henricus Antonius van Meegeren is born in Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands.

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(-) 122 years ago Wednesday 10th of October 1894 Howard Robert Pitezel is strangled by serial killer Henry Howard Holmes aka The Torture Doctor in Irvington, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.

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(+) 115 years ago Thursday 10th of October 1901 Sculptor Alberto Giacometti is born in Borgonovo, Graubünden, Switzerland.

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(-) 93 years ago Wednesday 10th of October 1923 Murderess Susan Newell is executed by hanging at the age of 30 in Duke Street Prison, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Newell was the last woman to be hanged in Scotland.

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(+) 92 years ago His Mother Wanted a Daughter Friday 10th of October 1924 Cult film director Ed Edward Davis Wood aka The Worst Director of All Time is born in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Wood's mother Lillian would dress him in girl's clothing when he was a child because she had always wanted a daughter. For the rest of his life Wood became a heterosexual crossdresser infatuated with the feel of angora on his skin.

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(+) 91 years ago He Was Strong but not from Outer Space Saturday 10th of October 1925 Strongman and eccentric Antonio Barichievich aka The Great Antonio is born in Zagreb, Zagrebačka županija, Croatia. In his later years Barichievich claimed that he was an extraterrestrial.

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(x) 91 years ago Saturday 10th of October 1925 Kidnapper Bruno Richard Hauptmann is born in New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 86 years ago He Had a Birthday Party Friday 10th of October 1930 Writer and playwright Harold Pinter is born in Hackney, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 85 years ago Saturday 10th of October 1931 39-year-old Mass murderer Szilveszter Matuska aka The Orient-Express Wrecker is arrested in Wien, Wien, Austria.

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(+) 83 years ago Tuesday 10th of October 1933 Hair stylist and victim of the Manson Family Jay Sebring, originally Thomas John Kummer is born in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Jay after the first initial of his middle name and Sebring after the famous Florida car race.

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(+) 68 years ago Sunday 10th of October 1948 Victim of John Christie aka The Strangler of 10 Rillington Place Geraldine Evans is born in 10 Rillington Place, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 53 years ago Thursday 10th of October 1963 Singer Édith Piaf, originally Édith Giovanna Gassion aka La Môme Piaf dies of an aneurism at the age of 48 in Chemin de la Rouree, Plascassier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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(-) 31 years ago Thursday 10th of October 1985 Actor and film director Orson George Welles dies of a heart attack at the age of 70 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(-) 31 years ago He Didn't Smoke no More Thursday 10th of October 1985 Actor Yul Brynner, originally Youl or Yuliy Borisovich Briner dies of lung cancer at the age of 65 in New York City, New York, United States.

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(x) 23 years ago Sunday 10th of October 1993 292 die in MV Seohae ferry sinking in Wido, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea.

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(-) 22 years ago Monday 10th of October 1994 Wife of Bruno Richard Hauptmann Anna Schoeffler dies of natural causes at the age of 96 in Lancaster General Hospital, 555 N Duke Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(-) 12 years ago Came the Planes Sunday 10th of October 2004 Actor Christopher D'Olier Reeve known for portraying Superman dies of cardiac arrest at the age of 52 in Northern Westchester Hospital, 400 Main Street, Mount Kisco, New York, United States.

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11 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 10th of October 2005 The remains of what once was a stairway in a demolished house in a hutong also gone in Shanghai, China.

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