31st year - N° 358 Friday, 23 December 2016

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
31st year - N° 358 Friday, 23 December 2016

23 December / Today's 14 Events:

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(+) 211 years ago Monday 23rd of December 1805 Founder of the Latter Day Saint movement aka Mormonism Joseph Smith is born in Sharon, Vermont, United States.

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(+) 88 years ago Sunday 23rd of December 1928 Spree killer Billy William Edward Cook aka Billy Boy Cockeyed Cook is born in Joplin, Missouri, United States.

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(x) 84 years ago Friday 23rd of December 1932 31-year-old Wife of Joseph Goebbels Magda Johanna Maria Magdalena Behrend aka Engelchen suffers a miscarriage in München, Bayern, Germany.

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(+) 75 years ago Tuesday 23rd of December 1941 Musician Tim James Timothy Hardin is born in Eugene, Oregon, United States.

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(x) 55 years ago Saturday 23rd of December 1961 71 die in train derailment in Fiumarella Viaduct, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy.

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(-) 44 years ago Saturday 23rd of December 1972 Aircraft designer Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev dies of unknown causes at the age of 84 in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.

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(-) 37 years ago Sunday 23rd of December 1979 Art collector, bohemian and socialite Peggy Marguerite Guggenheim dies of a stroke at the age of 81 in Camposampiero, Veneto, Italy. Guggenheim's ashes are buried in the garden of the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni in Venice next to her beloved dogs.

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(x) 32 years ago Sunday 23rd of December 1984 17 die in Rapido 904 train bomb explosion in Apennine Base Tunnel, San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. There were 267 injured. The motive behind the bomb attack was to distract Italian security forces from investigating the Sicilian Mafia.

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(x) 29 years ago Wednesday 23rd of December 1987 39-year-old Member of the 'Manson Family' Lynette Alice Fromme aka Squeaky known for attempting to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford escapes in Federal Prison Camp, Alderson, West Virginia, United States. Fromme attempted to meet Charles Manson who she had heard had testicular cancer. She was captured again two days later and incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas.

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(x) 21 years ago Saturday 23rd of December 1995 The charred bodies of 13 adults and three 2, 4, and 6-year-old children, members of Secret society L'Ordre International Chevaleresque de Tradition Solaire aka Ordre du Temple Solaire are found in Trou de l'Enfer, Saint-Pierre-de-Chérennes, Rhône-Alpes, France. In the night of 15-16 December 1995, 14 victims, including Edith and Patrick Vuarnet, overdosed on sedatives before being shot dead by André Friedli and Jean-Luc Lardanchet. Then the bodies were doused with petrol and set ablaze before the two men shot themselves in the head.

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13 years ago The Eyes had it Tuesday 23rd of December 2003 The Club Moral flag on the balcony of Lies and Marthe's house where we performed our 'Livingstone' concert in Stanleystraat, Berchem, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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10 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 23rd of December 2006 An anti-riot van of the Swiss police stationed in Bern, Mittelland, Switzerland.

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(-) 3 years ago Monday 23rd of December 2013 Serial killer András Pándy aka Father Bluebeard dies of natural causes at the age of 86 in Penitentiair Complex, Legeweg 200, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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(-) 3 years ago Monday 23rd of December 2013 Weapon designer Mikhail Kalashnikov known for the AK-47 assault rifle dies of cancer at the age of 94 in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia.

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