Monday, February 27, 2017

32nd year - N° 58 Monday, 27 February 2017

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32nd year - N° 58 Monday, 27 February 2017

27 February / Today's 14 Events:
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287 years ago

Monday 27th of February 1730

Start of the trial against 65-year-old Soldier and adventurer Francis Charteris aka The Rape-Master General for the rape of Anne Bond on 10 November 1729 in Old Bailey Criminal Court, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

The jury quickly found Charteris guilty. On 2 March, he was sentenced to death and held in Newgate Prison. On 10 April 1730 after a substantial campaign to pardon Charteris, joined by Anne Bond, King George II granted him a royal pardon.


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163 years ago

Monday 27th of February 1854

44-year-old Romantic composer Robert Schumann tries to commit suicide by throwing himself from a bridge into the Rhine River in Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Schumann was rescued by boatmen and taken home, he asked to be taken to an asylum for the insane.


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156 years ago

Wednesday 27th of February 1861

Philosopher, social reformer, architect and esotericist Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner aka The Father of Anthroposophy is born in Ludbreška ulica 13, Kraljevec, Međimurska županija, Austria-Hungary.


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130 years ago

Sunday 27th of February 1887

Composer Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin dies of poor health at the age of 54 in St. Petersburg, Northwestern Federal District, Russia.


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85 years ago

Saturday 27th of February 1932

Actress Elizabeth Rosemond 'Liz' Taylor is born in Heathwood, 8 Wildwood Road, Hampstead, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.


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84 years ago

Monday 27th of February 1933

24-year-old Communist and presumed arsonist Marinus Van der Lubbe known for the Reichstag fire is arrested in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.


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62 years ago

Sunday 27th of February 1955

Musician Peter Martin Christopherson aka Sleazy is born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.


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59 years ago

Thursday 27th of February 1958

Punk icon Nancy Laura Spungen aka Nauseating Nancy is born in University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.


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47 years ago

Friday 27th of February 1970

32-year-old Wiener Aktionist Hermann Nitsch performs his 7th 'Abreaktionsspiel' in Aktionsraum 1, Waltherstraße 25, München, Bayern, Germany.


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33 years ago

Monday 27th of February 1984

Start of the trial against 45-year-old Serial killer Robert Christian Hansen aka The Aviation Hunter in United States Federal Building and Courthouse, 605 West Fourth Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, United States.


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25 years ago

Thursday 27th of February 1992

42-year-old Serial killer Jack Johann Unterweger aka Jack the Writer aka Der Häfenpoet aka The Pug Dumper is arrested in Miami, Florida, United States.


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13 years ago

Friday 27th of February 2004

116 die in SuperFerry 14 bomb explosion in Manila Bay, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Redondo Cain Dellosa later admitted to planting the bomb on board for the Abu Sayyaf guerrilla group. Founder of the Rajah Sulaiman Movement, Ruben Omar Pestano Lavilla, Jr. was arrested in Bahrain on 24 July 2008 as the mastermind behind the bombing.



12 years ago The Eyes had it

Sunday 27th of February 2005

Dorothea Olkowski's impressive high heels during her lecture at AMVK's 'HeadNurse' booklaunch in M_hka, Leuvenstraat 32, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.


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2 years ago His Long and Prosperous Life Ended

Friday 27th of February 2015

Actor Leonard Simon Nimoy aka Mr. Spock dies of respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the age of 84 in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, United States.


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