32nd year - N° 278 Thursday, 5 October 2017

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
32nd year - N° 278 Thursday, 5 October 2017

5 October / Today's 13 Events:

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(+) 304 years ago Thursday 5th of October 1713 Writer and philosopher Denis Diderot is born in Langres, Champagne-Ardenne, France.

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(+) 188 years ago Monday 5th of October 1829 21st President of the United States Chester Alan Arthur is born in Fairfield, Vermont, United States.

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(+) 168 years ago Friday 5th of October 1849 Mass murderer Jean-Baptiste Troppmann is born in Brunstatt, Alsace, France.

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(+) 153 years ago Wednesday 5th of October 1864 Film pioneer Louis Jean Lumière is born in Besançon, Franche-Comté, France.

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(-) 137 years ago Tuesday 5th of October 1880 Composer Jacques Offenbach dies of gout at the age of 61 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 98 years ago Sunday 5th of October 1919 Actor Donald Henry Pleasence is born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.

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(-) 83 years ago Il Avait Zéro de Conduite Friday 5th of October 1934 Film director Jean Vigo dies of sepsis due to tuberculosis at the age of 29 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 83 years ago Friday 5th of October 1934 Serial killer Angelo Anthony Buono aka The Hillside Strangler is born in Rochester, New York, United States.

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(+) 81 years ago Monday 5th of October 1936 1st President of the Czech Republic Václav Havel is born in Praha, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia.

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(+) 68 years ago Wednesday 5th of October 1949 Irish republican hunger striker Michael Gaughan, originally Micheal O Gaibhtheachain is born in Ballina, Connacht, Ireland.

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(x) 36 years ago Monday 5th of October 1981 36-year-old Serial killer Dennis Andrew Nilsen aka Killing For Company moves into his new apartment in 23 Cranley Gardens, Muswell Hill, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. In the next 16 months Nilsen would kill three young men and attempt to kill at least five others.

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(-) 34 years ago Wednesday 5th of October 1983 Inventor Earl Silas Tupper known for the Tupperware plastic food container dies of a heart attack at the age of 76 in San Jose, Costa Rica.

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13 years ago The Eyes had it Tuesday 5th of October 2004 A house for sale in Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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