Thursday, March 2, 2017

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.



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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