32nd year - N° 39 Wednesday, 8 February 2017

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32nd year - N° 39 Wednesday, 8 February 2017

8 February / Today's 16 Events:

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(-) 430 years ago All Her Troubles Came to an End Sunday 8th of February 1587 Queen of Scots Mary Stuart is executed by beheading at the age of 45 in Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom. Mary was not beheaded with a single strike. The first blow missed her neck and struck the back of her head. The second blow severed the neck except for a small bit of sinew which the executioner cut through using the axe. Afterward he held her head aloft and declared "God save the Queen." At that moment the auburn tresses in his hand turned out to be a wig and the head fell to the ground, revealing that Mary had very short, grey hair.

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(+) 145 years ago Thursday 8th of February 1872 Philosopher Theodor Lessing is born in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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(+) 123 years ago Thursday 8th of February 1894 Film director King Wallis Vidor is born in Galveston, Texas, United States.

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(+) 96 years ago Tuesday 8th of February 1921 Actress Lana Turner, originally Julia Jean Turner is born in Wallace, Idaho, United States. She was the only daughter of teenaged parents 18-year-old John Virgil Turner and 16-year-old Mildred Frances Cowan.

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(-) 96 years ago Tuesday 8th of February 1921 Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin aka The Anarchist Prince dies of pneumonia at the age of 79 in Dmitrov, Moscow Oblast, Russia.

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(-) 93 years ago Friday 8th of February 1924 Murderer Jon Gee is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 29 in Nevada State Prison, 3301 E. 5th Street, Carson City, Nevada, United States. Gee was the first man ever to be executed by cyanide gas. Officials first attempted to pump poison gas directly into Gee's cell while he was sleeping without success because the gas leaked from the cell. Later a makeshift gas chamber was set up at the butcher shop of the prison. At least one cat was used to test the lethal effectiveness of the chamber.

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(-) 93 years ago Friday 8th of February 1924 Hermann Speichert 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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(+) 92 years ago Sunday 8th of February 1925 Actor Jack John Uhler Lemmon is born in Newton-Wellesley Hospital, 2014 Washington Street, Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Lemmon was born in an elevator at Newton-Wellesley Hospital.

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(-) 88 years ago Friday 8th of February 1929 Rosa Ohliger is stabbed to death by serial killer Peter Kürten aka The Vampire of Düsseldorf in Vinzenzkirche, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Ohliger's body was doused with petrol and set on fire.

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(+) 88 years ago Friday 8th of February 1929 Cop killer Günther Fritz Erwin Podola aka Mike Colato is born in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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(+) 86 years ago Sunday 8th of February 1931 Actor James Byron Dean known from Rebel Without a Cause is born in Seven Gables Apartment House, Corner of 4th Street and McClure Street, Marion, Indiana, United States.

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(-) 75 years ago Sunday 8th of February 1942 SA-Obergruppenführer and Reichsminister für Bewaffnung und Munition Fritz Todt known for Bautruppe Organisation Todt dies in a plane crash after take-off at the age of 51 in Flughafen Rastenburg, Kętrzyn, Województwo Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Poland.

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(+) 65 years ago Friday 8th of February 1952 Victim of Edmund Kemper aka The Co-ed Killer Alice Helen Allison Liu is born in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(-) 62 years ago Tuesday 8th of February 1955 Irmgard Strehl is sexually assaulted and stabbed to death by serial killer Joachim Kroll aka Jockel aka Der Ruhrkannibale in Bundesbahn 63, Herrenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(x) 34 years ago Tuesday 8th of February 1983 38-year-old Serial killer Dennis Andrew Nilsen aka Killing For Company is arrested after neighbours complained about a blocked drain in 23 Cranley Gardens, Muswell Hill, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Upon arrival home from work Nilsen queried why the police would be interested in his drains, so the officer told him they were filled with human remains. "Good grief, how awful!" exclaimed Nilsen.

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13 years ago The Eyes had it Sunday 8th of February 2004 A journey into the Kampong suburbs in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia.

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