32nd year - N° 158 Wednesday, 7 June 2017

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
32nd year - N° 158 Wednesday, 7 June 2017

7 June / Today's 22 Events:

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(+) 239 years ago Sunday 7th of June 1778 Men's fashion pioneer Beau George Bryan Brummell is born in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 174 years ago Wednesday 7th of June 1843 Poet Friedrich Johann Christian Hölderlin dies of hypochondria at the age of 73 in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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(+) 169 years ago Wednesday 7th of June 1848 Painter Paul Eugène Henri Gauguin is born in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 113 years ago Tuesday 7th of June 1904 Victim of Fritz Haarmann aka Der Hannover Werwolf Hans Sonnenfeld is born in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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(+) 100 years ago He Was Nobody Until Someone Loved Him Thursday 7th of June 1917 Singer and actor Dean Martin, originally Dino Paul Crocetti aka The King of Cool is born in Steubenville, Ohio, United States.

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(x) 91 years ago Monday 7th of June 1926 While taking his daily walk to the Sant Felip Neri church for his habitual prayer and confession, 74-year-old Architect Antoni Gaudí, originally Antoni Gaudí i Cornet aka God's Architect is struck by a passing tram and remains unconscious in Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Assumed to be a beggar because of his lack of identity documents and shabby clothing, the unconscious Gaudí did not receive immediate aid. Eventually a police officer transported him in a taxi to the Santa Creu Hospital where he received rudimentary care. He died on 10 June 1926.

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(-) 80 years ago Monday 7th of June 1937 Actress and sex symbol Jean Harlow, originally Harlean Harlow Carpenter aka The Blonde Bombshell dies of cerebral edema at the age of 26 in Good Samaritan Hospital, 1125 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, United States. There were also rumors that Harlow had died because of alcoholism, a botched abortion, over-dieting, sunstroke, poisoning due to platinum hair dye or various venereal diseases. However medical bulletins, hospital records and testimony of her relatives and friends prove it was kidney disease.

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(+) 77 years ago He Was not Unusual Friday 7th of June 1940 Singer Tom Jones, originally Thomas Jones Woodward is born in 57 Kingsland Terrace, Treforest, South Wales, United Kingdom.

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(+) 70 years ago Saturday 7th of June 1947 Double murderer George Douglas Lott aka The Fort Worth Courthouse Gunman is born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States.

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(-) 63 years ago Monday 7th of June 1954 Mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, computer scientist and philosopher Alan Mathison Turing aka The Father of Computer Science commits suicide by cyanide poisoning at the age of 42 in Copper Folly, 43 Adlington Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire, United Kingdom. When Turing's body was discovered, an apple lay half-eaten beside his bed, and although the apple was not tested for cyanide, it was speculated that this was the means by which a fatal dose was consumed. In 1952, Turing was convicted of acts of gross indecency after admitting to a sexual relationship with a man in Manchester. He was placed on probation and required to undergo hormone therapy.

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(+) 59 years ago Saturday 7th of June 1958 Musician Prince, originally Prince Rogers Nelson is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

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(+) 52 years ago Monday 7th of June 1965 Artist Damien Steven Hirst is born in Bristol, South West England, United Kingdom.

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(-) 51 years ago Tuesday 7th of June 1966 Artist Jean / Hans Arp dies of unknown causes at the age of 80 in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland.

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(-) 50 years ago Wednesday 7th of June 1967 Bride of gangster Ronnie Kray Frances Elsie Shea commits suicide by acute barbiturate poisoning at the age of 23 in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 45 years ago Suchte Sie Sich Noch Ein Paar Strümpfe Wednesday 7th of June 1972 32-year-old Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Gudrun Ensslin is arrested in Edelboutique Linette, Jungfernstieg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. A sales clerk had noticed Ensslin's concealed guns in her leather jacket.

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(x) 40 years ago He Rested in the Mountains for Six Days Tuesday 7th of June 1977 31-year-old Serial killer Ted Theodore Robert Bundy aka The Only Living Witness opens a window of the Law Library, drops 30 feet and escapes in Pitkin County Courthouse, 506 E Main Street, Aspen, Colorado, United States. Bundy made it all the way to the top of Aspen Mountain without being detected and rested for two days in an abandoned hunting cabin. Despite being stricken with fatigue, sleep-deprivation and in constant and intense pain from a sprained right ankle Bundy drove back into Aspen and could have gotten away, but two police deputies noticed the Cadillac with dimmed headlights weaving in and out of its lane and pulled him over on 13 June 1977.

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(-) 37 years ago Saturday 7th of June 1980 Writer Henry Valentine Miller dies of circulatory complications at the age of 89 in 444 Ocampo Drive, Pacific Palisades, California, United States.

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(x) 32 years ago Friday 7th of June 1985 23-year-old Serial killer Waldemar Stepinski aka The Doorbell Killer is sentenced to life-imprisonment in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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18 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 7th of June 1999 Creative woodworks for Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven aka AMVK's installation on the occasion of the 'Trattenendosi' exhibition in Zitelle, Antichi Granai, Giudecca 34, Venezia, Veneto, Italy.

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(-) 11 years ago He Was Not So Safe Wednesday 7th of June 2006 Emir of Al Qaeda in the Country of Two Rivers Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, originally Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh is killed in a targeted killing by two United States Air Force F-16C jets at the age of 40 in al-Qaeda Safehouse, Ba'qūbah, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. Among five others killed were one of al-Zarqawi's wives and their child and one of his key lieutenants, spiritual adviser Sheik Abd-Al-Rahman.

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(-) 4 years ago He Was Stalked by the Morning Friday 7th of June 2013 Serial killer Richard Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez aka The Night Stalker dies of complications secondary to B-cell lymphoma at the age of 53 in Marin General Hospital, 250 Bon Air Road, Greenbrae, California, United States. At 53 years old, Ramirez had been on death row for more than 23 years awaiting execution by the state of California.

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(+) 2 years ago Sunday 7th of June 2015 Actor Christopher Frank Carandini Lee known for his role as Count Dracula dies of respiratory problems at the age of 93 in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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