32nd year - N° 61 Thursday, 2 March 2017

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
32nd year - N° 61 Thursday, 2 March 2017

2 March / Today's 16 Events:

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(+) 207 years ago Friday 2nd of March 1810 256th Pope Leo XIII, originally Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci is born in Carpineto Romano, Lazio, Italy.

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(+) 141 years ago Thursday 2nd of March 1876 260th Pope Pius XII, originally Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli is born in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(+) 109 years ago Monday 2nd of March 1908 Murderer Roland Cochrane aka Charles E. Stevens is born in New York City, New York, United States.

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(x) 102 years ago Tuesday 2nd of March 1915 112 die in New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Nº 3 coal mine dust explosion in New River & Pocahontas Consolidated, Layland, West Virginia, United States.

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(-) 91 years ago Tuesday 2nd of March 1926 Laura Ernestine Beale is strangled by serial killer Earle Leonard Nelson aka The Gorilla Murderer in San Jose, California, United States.

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(+) 75 years ago It Was a Perfect Day Monday 2nd of March 1942 Musician Lou Lewis Allan Reed is born in Beth El Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States.

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(-) 74 years ago Tuesday 2nd of March 1943 Actor Tyler Brooke, originally Victor Hugo de Bierre commits suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning at the age of 57 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(x) 73 years ago Thursday 2nd of March 1944 426 die in steam-hauled freight train stalling in Balvano, Basilicata, Italy. The freight train was grossly overloaded with illegal passengers. With all the cars in the tunnel, people died of carbon monoxide poisoning when the train stalled on a steep gradient.

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(+) 67 years ago Thursday 2nd of March 1950 Musician Karen Carpenter known from The Carpenters is born in Grace-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

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(x) 56 years ago Thursday 2nd of March 1961 Artist Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso is born in Vallauris, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Picasso and Roque's marriage lasted 11 years until his death, during which time he created more than 400 portraits of her.

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(x) 52 years ago Tuesday 2nd of March 1965 40-year-old Wiener Aktionist Otto Muehl performs 'Materialaktion nr. 17 / Bimmel Bammel' in Perinetkeller, Perinetgasse 1, Wien, Wien, Austria.

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(x) 39 years ago Thursday 2nd of March 1978 The coffin of 89-year-old Actor and film director Charles Spencer Chaplin is stolen from the cemetary in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. In May 1978 24-year-old Roman Wardas from Poland and 38-year-old Gancho Ganev from Bulgaria demanded a ransom of $600.000 in return for the coffin. Oona Chaplin refused to deal with them saying "My husband is in heaven and in my heart". The thieves were arrested and the coffin was found buried in a nearby cornfield.

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(-) 35 years ago Tuesday 2nd of March 1982 Science fiction writer Philip K. Kindred Dick known for his novel Blade Runner dies of complications from a stroke at the age of 54 in Santa Ana, California, United States. Dick had suffered a stroke five days earlier and was disconnected from life support after his EEG had been consistently isoelectric since losing consciousness.

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(-) 34 years ago Wednesday 2nd of March 1983 John Bartlett is beaten and stabbed to death by serial killer Larry Eyler aka The Leather Boy Killer in Niles, Illinois, United States.

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(x) 19 years ago Monday 2nd of March 1998 Natascha Maria Kampusch aka The Girl in the Cellar is abducted by kidnapper Wolfgang Přiklopil in Rennbahnweg 38, Donaustadt, Wien, Wien, Austria. Přiklopil kept her in his basement for eight years.

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10 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 2nd of March 2007 Knotted underwood in a hidden park corner in Vlemincktoren, Turnhoutsebaan 381, Wijnegem, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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