31st year - N° 301 Thursday, 27 October 2016

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31st year - N° 301 Thursday, 27 October 2016

27 October / Today's 18 Events:

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(+) 234 years ago Sunday 27th of October 1782 Composer Niccolò Paganini is born in Genova, Liguria, United States.

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(+) 205 years ago Sunday 27th of October 1811 Inventor and entrepreneur Isaac Merritt Singer known for the Singer Sewing Machine Company is born in Pittstown, New York, United States.

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(+) 158 years ago Wednesday 27th of October 1858 26th President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt aka Teddy is born in 28 East 20th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 143 years ago Monday 27th of October 1873 Murderer Johan Alfred Ander is born in Ljusterö, Södermanland, Sweden. Ander became the last person to be executed in Sweden.

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(+) 135 years ago Thursday 27th of October 1881 Victim of Henri Désiré Landru aka Le Barbe-Bleue de Gambais Marie-Thérèse Marchadier aka La Belle Mytèse is born in Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France.

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(-) 117 years ago Friday 27th of October 1899 Manfred Louis Masset is beaten and suffocated by murderess Louise Masset in Dalston Junction railway station, Hackney, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 102 years ago He Went Gently into that Good Day Tuesday 27th of October 1914 Poet and writer Dylan Marlais Thomas is born in 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.

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(-) 97 years ago Monday 27th of October 1919 Mike Michele Pepitone is attacked by serial killer The Axeman of New Orleans in South Scott and Ulloa Streets, Mid-City, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Pepitone's head had been bashed 18 times with at least one weapon. He was rushed to Charity Hospital but within two hours he was pronounced dead. Pepitone was the twelfth and last known victim of The Axeman of New Orleans.

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(+) 93 years ago Saturday 27th of October 1923 Pop artist Roy Fox Lichtenstein is born in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.

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(-) 93 years ago Saturday 27th of October 1923 Heinz Brinkmann is killed and his meat sold by serial killer Fritz Haarmann aka Der Hannover Werwolf in Das Mordhaus, Rote Reihe 2, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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(+) 88 years ago Saturday 27th of October 1928 Mass murderer Perry Edward Smith aka In Cold Blood is born in Huntington, Nevada, United States.

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(x) 84 years ago Thursday 27th of October 1932 25-year-old Artist, recurring mental hospital patient and murderer Robert George Irwin aka The Mad Sculptor attends a surgical emergency room, having tried to cut off his penis with a razor in New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 77 years ago Friday 27th of October 1939 Actor John Marwood Cleese is born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, United Kingdom.

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(+) 62 years ago Wednesday 27th of October 1954 Artist Mike Michael Kelley is born in Wayne, Michigan, United States.

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(x) 52 years ago Tuesday 27th of October 1964 An unidentified girl is raped and abused by 33-year-old Serial killer Albert Henry DeSalvo aka The Boston Strangler aka The Measuring Man aka The Green Man in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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(x) 33 years ago Thursday 27th of October 1983 44-year-old Serial killer Robert Christian Hansen aka The Aviation Hunter is arrested in Hansen's Bakery, Ninth and Ingra, Anchorage, Alaska, United States. Whilst Hansen was being interviewed a team of officers was searching his house. Behind wooden panelling in his trophy room police found items of cheap jewellery that was later traced back to the dead girls. Police also found a Ruger Mini-14 hunting rifle hidden under floorboards, which was later matched by ballistics as being the weapon that had killed Sherry Morrow and Paula Goulding. The most telling item found was an aviation map of the Anchorage region which was dotted with 20 drawn on asterisks. Two of these corresponded with sites where bodies had been found and a third indicated the spot where the body of 24-year-old prostitute Joanne Messina was found in July 1980.

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10 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 27th of October 2006 A statue of the dead Christ in Igreja do Carmo, Rua do Carmo, Porto, Norte, Portugal.

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(-) 3 years ago Sunday 27th of October 2013 Musician Lou Lewis Allan Reed dies of liver disease at the age of 71 in Old Stone Highway, East Hampton, New York, United States.

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