When I Was Buying You a Drink Where Were You ?: 32nd year

Thursday, February 2, 2017

32nd year - N° 33 Thursday, 2 February 2017

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32nd year - N° 33 Thursday, 2 February 2017

2 February / Today's 15 Events:

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367 years ago

Wednesday 2nd of February 1650

245th Pope Benedictus XIII, originally Pietro Francesco Orsini is born in Gravina in Puglia, Puglia, Italy.

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135 years ago

Thursday 2nd of February 1882

Poet and writer James Augustine Aloysius Joyce is born in Brighton Square, Ráth Garbh, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.

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96 years ago

Wednesday 2nd of February 1921

55-year-old Surgeon and grafting pioneer Serge Abrahamovitch Voronoff performs a monkey gland grafting on George Behr in Maison de Santé, Avenue Montagne, VIIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

Dr. Didry was assisting Voronoff and noted: "The patient left Paris 12 days after his operation. I did not see him again until 8 months later. My clinical assistant and I were literally stupefied when Mr. E. L. appeared. Me had lost half his obesity, his manner was jovial, his movements active, his eyes clear and twinkling with amusement at our astonishment." On 4 September 1923 Behr died of delirium tremens.

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93 years ago

Saturday 2nd of February 1924

Willi Senger 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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90 years ago

Wednesday 2nd of February 1927

Mass murderer Julian Andrew Frank is born in New York City, New York, United States.

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65 years ago

Saturday 2nd of February 1952

47-year-old Murderess Winnie Ruth Judd aka The Trunk Murderess escapes for the fifth time in Arizona State Hospital, 2500 E. Van Buren, Phoenix, Arizona, United States.

Judd was recaptured five days later.

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58 years ago

Monday 2nd of February 1959

Jack Larber dies of Spontaneous Human Combustion at the age of 72 in Laguna Honda Home, 375 Laguna Honda Blvd, San Francisco, California, United States.

Three days before Larber had his clothing mysteriously catch fire a few minutes after being fed while his attendent was out of the room. Said attendent put out the fire with blankets immediatly but Larber died of third-degree burns.

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48 years ago

Sunday 2nd of February 1969

Actor Boris Karloff, originally William Henry Pratt known for his portrayal of Frankenstein’s monster dies of pneumonia at the age of 82 in King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst, Sussex, United Kingdom.

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38 years ago

Friday 2nd of February 1979

Musician Sid Vicious, originally John Simon Ritchie known from The Sex Pistols dies of a heroin overdose at the age of 22 in 63 Bank Street, New York City, New York, United States.

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37 years ago

Saturday 2nd of February 1980

21-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'B' in Ruimte Z, Lovelingstraat 56, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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19 years ago

Monday 2nd of February 1998

104 die in Cebu Pacific McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 Flight 387 crash into a mountain in Mount Sumagaya, Claveria, Misamis Oriental, Philippines.

18 years ago The Eyes had it

Tuesday 2nd of February 1999

Having a spicy Tom Yum soup with Frankie Teardrop Pinckers at a construction site foodstall in Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand.