31st year - N° 291 Monday, 17 October 2016

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31st year - N° 291 Monday, 17 October 2016

17 October / Today's 19 Events:

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(x) 187 years ago Saturday 17th of October 1829 17-year-old Foundling Kaspar Hauser aka The Wild Child is attacked and wounded by a hooded man who also threatened him with the words "You still have to die ere you leave the city of Nürnberg" in Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany.

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(-) 167 years ago Wednesday 17th of October 1849 Composer Frédéric François Chopin, originally Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin dies of tuberculosis at the age of 39 in Place Vendôme 12, Ier, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(x) 142 years ago Saturday 17th of October 1874 44-year-old Photographer Eadweard James Muybridge shoots Major Harry Larkyns through the heart because he was dating his 23-year-old wife Flora Shallcross Stone and might have fathered their seven-month-old son Florado in Calistoga, California, United States. Upon finding Larkyns, Muybridge said, "Good evening, Major, my name is Muybridge and here is the answer to the letter you sent my wife" and shot him point-blank. The jury dismissed an insanity plea and acquitted the photographer on the grounds of 'justifiable homicide'.

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(+) 127 years ago Thursday 17th of October 1889 Gangster and ex-wrestler Juanita Evelita Spinelli aka The Duchess is born in Kentucky, United States.

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(+) 124 years ago Monday 17th of October 1892 SS-Obergruppenführer and first commander of Dachau-KZ Theodor Eicke is born in Hudingen, Lorraine, France. Eicke was the youngest of 11 children

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(+) 118 years ago Monday 17th of October 1898 Writer Simon Vestdijk is born in Voorstraat 61a, Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands.

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(+) 104 years ago Thursday 17th of October 1912 263rd Pope Ioannes Paulus I, originally Albino Luciani is born in Forno di Canale, Veneto, Italy.

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(+) 101 years ago Sunday 17th of October 1915 Playwright Arthur Asher Miller known for his play ‘Death of a Salesman’ is born in Harlem, New York, New York, United States.

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(+) 98 years ago She Was Baby Love Thursday 17th of October 1918 Actress and pin-up model Rita Hayworth, originally Margarita Carmen Cansino aka The Love Goddess is born in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States.

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(+) 96 years ago Sunday 17th of October 1920 Actor Montgomery Edward 'Monty' Clift is born in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.

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(+) 86 years ago Friday 17th of October 1930 Writer Jimmy Breslin is born in Jamaica, New York, United States.

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(-) 85 years ago Saturday 17th of October 1931 First wife of Hermann Göring Carin Axelina Hulda Fock dies of heart failure at the age of 43 in Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden.

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(+) 83 years ago Tuesday 17th of October 1933 Singer-songwriter Jeanine Deckers aka Sœur Sourire aka The Singing Nun is born in Laeken, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium.

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(+) 78 years ago Monday 17th of October 1938 Daredevil and entertainer Evel Robert Craig Knievel is born in Butte, Montana, United States.

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(-) 49 years ago Tuesday 17th of October 1967 Last Emperor of China Aisin-Gioro Henry Puyi dies of complications from kidney cancer and heart disease at the age of 61 in Beijing, Hebei, China.

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(x) 44 years ago Tuesday 17th of October 1972 27-year-old Serial killer Arthur John Shawcross aka The Genesee River Killer is sentenced to 25 years imprisonment in Watertown, New York, United States. Instead of standing trial for two child murders Shawcross made a plea bargain with prosecutors that allowed him to plead guilty to the murder of Karen Hill while the charges of murder for Jack Blake were dismissed. In April 1987 Shawcross was paroled and started killing again less than a year later.

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(-) 32 years ago Wednesday 17th of October 1984 Poet, writer and painter Henri Michaux dies of unknown causes at the age of 85 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(x) 32 years ago Wednesday 17th of October 1984 Fifth bomb attack by Terrorist organisation Les Cellules Communistes Combattantes aka CCC in C.V.P. Secretariaat, Koning Albertlaan 214, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. It was the fifth action in their Première Campagne Anti-Impérialiste d'Octobre.

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11 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 17th of October 2005 My mode of transport on the country roads in Yang Zhen, Shunyi, China.

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