31st year - N° 307 Wednesday, 2 November 2016

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31st year - N° 307 Wednesday, 2 November 2016

2 November / Today's 23 Events:

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(+) 261 years ago Sunday 2nd of November 1755 Excessive Queen consort of France and Navarre Marie Antoinette, originally Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna is born in Hofburg, Wien, Wien, Austria.

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(+) 221 years ago Monday 2nd of November 1795 11th President of the United States James Knox Polk is born in Pineville, North Carolina, United States.

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(+) 201 years ago Thursday 2nd of November 1815 Mathematician, philosopher and logician George Boole is born in 3 Pottergate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 151 years ago Thursday 2nd of November 1865 29th President of the United States Warren Gamaliel Harding is born in Ohio Route 97, Blooming Grove, Ohio, United States.

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(+) 113 years ago Monday 2nd of November 1903 Electrician George P. Metesky aka The Mad Bomber is born in New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 110 years ago Friday 2nd of November 1906 Count of Lonate Pozzolo and film director Luchino Visconti, originally Luchino Visconti di Modrone is born in Milano, Lombardia, Italy.

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(+) 103 years ago Sunday 2nd of November 1913 Actor Burt Burton Stephen Lancaster is born in 209 East 106th Street, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.

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(-) 99 years ago The Man Went Outside Friday 2nd of November 1917 Chemist, murderer and playwright Roland Burnham Molineux dies of syphilitic infection at the age of 51 in Kings Park, New York, United States.

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(x) 93 years ago Friday 2nd of November 1923 26-year-old Serial killer Earle Leonard Nelson aka The Gorilla Murderer leaves the State Hospital to start a killing spree in State Hospital for Mental Defectives, Napa, California, United States.

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(+) 74 years ago Monday 2nd of November 1942 Sex researcher Shere Hite, originally Shirley Diana Gregory is born in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States. Shere later took the surname of her stepfather Raymond Hite.

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(-) 72 years ago Thursday 2nd of November 1944 Engineer and chemist Thomas Midgley dies of strangulation at the age of 55 in Worthington, Ohio, United States. Midgley accidently strangled himself with an elaborate system of ropes and pulleys he designed himself to lift him from his bed since he was struck by poliomyelitis in 1940.

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(+) 72 years ago Thursday 2nd of November 1944 Musician Keith Noel Emerson known from Emerson, Lake and Palmer is born in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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(x) 72 years ago Thursday 2nd of November 1944 47-year-old Doctor and serial killer Marcel André Henri Félix Petiot aka The Triangular Chamber of Death Murderer is arrested, posing as Captain Henri Valéry, a hero for the resistance in St.-Mandé-Tourelle Metro Station, XIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(x) 69 years ago Sunday 2nd of November 1947 42-year-old Business magnate, aviator, aerospace engineer, film director and eccentric Howard Robard Hughes makes the first and only flight of his own designed H-4 Hercules 'Spruce Goose' largest ever flying boat in Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(-) 66 years ago He Pruned His Last Tree Thursday 2nd of November 1950 Playwright George Bernard Shaw dies of renal failure at the age of 94 in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. Shaw's renal failure was precipitated by injuries incurred from falling while pruning a tree.

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(+) 64 years ago Sunday 2nd of November 1952 Gangster and gang leader Patrick Haemers aka Le Grand Blond is born in Schaerbeek, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium.

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(+) 49 years ago Thursday 2nd of November 1967 Murderer Garry Dean Miller is born in Scurry County, Texas, United States.

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(-) 44 years ago Thursday 2nd of November 1972 Henri Tomei is stabbed to death by serial killer Herbert Mullin aka The Hippie Killer in St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, 219 Bean Avenue, Los Gatos, California, United States. Mullin thought the church was empty but when he heard Father Henri Tomei in one of the booths he decided "Well, if you (the priest) are in here, I guess I should kill you."

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(-) 41 years ago Sunday 2nd of November 1975 Writer and film director Pier Paolo Pasolini is murdered by being run over several times with his own car at the age of 53 in Lido di Ostia, Via dell'Idroscalo, Ostia, Lazio, Italy. 17-year-old male prostitute Giuseppe Pelosi was arrested and confessed to murdering Pasolini. On 7 May 2005 he retracted his confession which he said was made under the threat of violence to his family. He claimed that three people "with a southern accent" had committed the murder, insulting Pasolini as a "dirty communist".

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(-) 37 years ago Friday 2nd of November 1979 Gangster Jacques René Mesrine aka Public Enemy No. 1 is shot dead by the gendarmerie at the age of 43 in Porte de Clignancourt, XVIIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Mesrine's golden BMW 520 was boxed in at the entrance to the intersection and police marksmen in the rear of a lorry immediately in front of their car threw open a tarpaulin. Twenty rounds were fired at point blank range. Mesrine was hit 15 times. A coup de grâce was then administered with a pistol. His mistress Sylvia Jeanjacquot lost one eye and suffered lasting damage to her arm. Her pet dog was killed.

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32 years ago

Friday 2nd of November 1984

Iona Seicaresco is brutally beaten and strangled to death with an electric cord by serial killer Thierry Paulin aka Le Tueur de la Pleine Lune in 60 Boulevard de Clichy, XVIIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 32 years ago She Died in a Diaper Friday 2nd of November 1984 Serial killer Velma Margie Barfield, originally Margie Velma Bullard is executed by lethal injection at the age of 52 in Raleigh State Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Barfield was the first woman to die by lethal injection in North Carolina. Barfield chose as her last meal a bag of Cheez Doodles and a 12-ounce can of Coca-Cola, and wore pink pajamas and an adult diaper as she was put to death.

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11 years ago The Eyes had it Wednesday 2nd of November 2005 The amazing archive of China's Noise Guru n°1 Yan Jun in Beijing, Hebei, China.

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