32nd year - N° 73 Tuesday, 14 March 2017

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
32nd year - N° 73 Tuesday, 14 March 2017

14 March / Today's 14 Events:

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(+) 164 years ago Monday 14th of March 1853 Artist Ferdinand Hodler is born in Bern, Mittelland, Switzerland.

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(+) 138 years ago Friday 14th of March 1879 Theoretical physicist Albert Einstein is born in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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(-) 134 years ago Wednesday 14th of March 1883 Economist and revolutionary communist Karl Heinrich Marx dies of pleurisy at the age of 65 in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 94 years ago Wednesday 14th of March 1923 Photographer Diane Arbus, originally Diane Nemerov is born in New York City, New York, United States.

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(-) 85 years ago He Didn't Wait No More Monday 14th of March 1932 Innovator and entrepreneur George Eastman commits suicide a shot through the heart at the age of 78 in Rochester, New York, United States. Eastman left a suicide note that read, "My work is done. Why wait?"

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(-) 66 years ago Wednesday 14th of March 1951 Murderer Jim Q. A. Patterson is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 44 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(-) 45 years ago Tuesday 14th of March 1972 Anarchist publisher and millionaire Giangiacomo Feltrinelli dies in in the bombing of an electricity-line at the age of 46 in Segrate, Lombardia, Italy.

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(x) 45 years ago Tuesday 14th of March 1972 112 die in Sterling Airways Flight 296 Caravelle crash into a mountain in Kalba, Al-Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

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(x) 38 years ago Wednesday 14th of March 1979 32 die in CAAC Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 2E crash in Beijing, Hebei, China. The crash was caused by an unqualified pilot who stole and flew the airliner. Total fatalities were all 12 crew, 32 ground, and no passengers. Over 200 people working in a factory on the crash site were injured.

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(x) 36 years ago Saturday 14th of March 1981 22-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'BesanKon' at Pap'cirkus-Festival in Besançon, Franche-Comté, France. In an old schoolbuilding I made an installation with loud noise music and slide-projections from midnight till eight in the morning.

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(-) 33 years ago Wednesday 14th of March 1984 Double murderer James David Autry aka Cowboy is executed by lethal injection at the age of 30 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Autry's last meal request was for a hamburger, french fries and a Dr. Pepper. During the execution he remained conscious and in great pain for about 10 minutes.

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(-) 28 years ago Tuesday 14th of March 1989 Boxer David Thio dies in the ring after being punched in a coma by Terence Alli during the light-weight championship at the age of 23 in Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France.

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(x) 21 years ago Thursday 14th of March 1996 40-year-old Serial killer groupie Veronica Ver Lyn Compton is released on parole in Washington Corrections Center for Women, 9601 Bujacich Rd., Gig Harbor, Washington, United States. Two weeks later, she was sent back to prison for parole violations.

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10 years ago The Eyes had it Wednesday 14th of March 2007 Cycling as far as I could in a one day journey on the longest street in Landsberger Allee, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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