Saturday, August 26, 2017

32nd year - N° 238 Saturday, 26 August 2017

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32nd year - N° 238 Saturday, 26 August 2017

26 August / Today's 12 Events:
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172 years ago

Tuesday 26th of August 1845

Victim of Jack the Ripper Mary Ann Nichols, originally Walker aka Polly is born in Dean Street, Soho, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.


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137 years ago

Thursday 26th of August 1880

Surrealist writer Guillaume Apollinaire, originally Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki is born in Rome, Lazio, Italy.


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119 years ago

Friday 26th of August 1898

Art collector, bohemian and socialite Peggy Marguerite Guggenheim is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.


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73 years ago

Saturday 26th of August 1944

Drummer Maureen Ann 'Moe' Tucker known from The Velvet Underground is born in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, New York, United States.


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67 years ago

Saturday 26th of August 1950

Automobile manufacturing pioneer Ransom Eli Olds dies of natural causes at the age of 86 in Olds Mansion, South Washington Avenue, Lansing, Michigan, United States.


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58 years ago

Wednesday 26th of August 1959

Victim of Jeffrey Dahmer aka The Milwaukee Cannibal Anthony Hughes is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.


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47 years ago

Wednesday 26th of August 1970

Film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder is born in Feldkirchen, Bayern, Germany.

Fassbinder and Caven divorced in 1972.


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45 years ago

Saturday 26th of August 1972

37-year-old Serial killer Joseph Kallinger, originally Joseph Lee Brenner III aka The Shoemaker is released from prison on bail after being charged with child-abuse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.


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43 years ago

Monday 26th of August 1974

Aviation pioneer Charles Augustus Lindbergh aka The Lone Eagle dies of lymphoma at the age of 72 in Kipahulu, Hawaii, United States.


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34 years ago

Friday 26th of August 1983

36-year-old Serial killer William George Bonin aka The Freeway Killer is sentenced to die for four murders in Orange County, California, United States.

Bonin was already sentenced to death for 10 murders in Los Angeles County.


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17 years ago

Saturday 26th of August 2000

67-year-old Gangster Reginald Kray aka Reggie Kray is released from prison on compassionate grounds in Wayland Prison, Griston, Norfolk, United Kingdom.



10 years ago The Eyes had it

Sunday 26th of August 2007

The grave of student leader Rudi Dutschke in St.-Annen-Kirchhof, Dahlem, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.


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