32nd year - N° 344 Sunday, 10 December 2017

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32nd year - N° 344 Sunday, 10 December 2017

10 December / Today's 14 Events:

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(x) 497 years ago Friday 10th of December 1520 37-year-old Theologian and church reformer Martin Luther publicly sets fire to the Papal Bull 'Exsurge Domine' in Schloßkirche, Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. Luther defended his act in 'Why the Pope and his Recent Book are Burned' and 'Assertions Concerning All Articles'. As a consequence he was excommunicated by Pope Leo X on 3 January 1521.

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(x) 476 years ago Wednesday 10th of December 1541 Thomas Culpeper is beheaded and Francis Dereham is hung, cut down while still alive, disemboweled, beheaded and quartered for having sexual relations with 18-year-old Fifth wife of Henry VIII Catherine Howard aka The Rose without a Thorn in Tyburn Tree, Tyburn, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. According to custom, Culpeper and Dereham's heads were placed on top of London Bridge.

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(x) 149 years ago Thursday 10th of December 1868 The first traffic control device is installed at the intersection of George and Bridge Streets in Parliament Square, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. The device had lights and it used arms which extended outwards. It was operated manually by a police officer.

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(-) 121 years ago Thursday 10th of December 1896 Chemist, engineer, innovator and armaments manufacturer Alfred Bernhard Nobel aka The Merchant of Death known for inventing dynamite dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 63 in San Remo, Liguria, Italy.

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(-) 117 years ago Monday 10th of December 1900 Mass murderer John Filip Nordlund aka Mälarmördaren aka Mordlund aka Svarte Filip is executed by beheading by Albert Gustaf Dalman at the age of 25 in Västerås, Västmanlands Län, . Nordlund's execution was swift, striking the head off in a single blow.

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(+) 109 years ago Thursday 10th of December 1908 Composer, organist and ornithologist Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen is born in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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(+) 98 years ago Wednesday 10th of December 1919 Murderess Jean Lee, originally Marjorie Jean Maude Wright is born in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia.

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(-) 97 years ago Friday 10th of December 1920 Automobile manufacturing pioneer Horace Elgin Dodge dies of Spanish flu and pneumonia at the age of 52 in Palm Beach, Florida, United States.

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(-) 72 years ago Monday 10th of December 1945 Frances Brown is battered, shot and stabbed to death by serial killer William Heirens aka Catch Me Before I Kill More in Pine Crest Residential Hotel, Pine Grove Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States. On the bedroom wall Heirens wrote in lipstick: "For heaven's sake catch me before I kill more I cannot control myself".

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(-) 50 years ago He Wasn't Docking at the Bay Sunday 10th of December 1967 Singer-songwriter Otis Ray Redding dies in a Beechcraft H19 plane crash due to poor weather conditions at the age of 26 in Lake Monona, Wisconsin, United States. The other victims of the crash were four members of the Bar-Kays—guitarist Jimmy King, tenor saxophonist Phalon Jones, organist Ronnie Caldwell and drummer Carl Cunningham, their valet Matthew Kelly and pilot Richard Fraser.

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(-) 39 years ago Sunday 10th of December 1978 Cult film director Ed Edward Davis Wood aka The Worst Director of All Time dies of a heart attack at the age of 54 in Hollywood, California, United States.

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(x) 37 years ago Wednesday 10th of December 1980 32-year-old Serial killer Metod Trobec aka The Monster of Dolenja Vas is found guilty of the rape and murder of 5 young girls in Stari Log, Primorsko-Goranska, Yugoslavia.

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(-) 31 years ago Wednesday 10th of December 1986 Actress Susan Cabot, originally Harriet Shapiro is beaten to death with a weightlifting bar by her 22-year-old dwarf son Timothy Scott Roman at the age of 59 in Encino, California, United States. Roman, who suffered from psychological problems, was subsequently charged with involuntary manslaughter and received a three-year suspended sentence.

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18 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 10th of December 1999 A deformed beggar making his way on the sidewalk in Pahurat, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand.

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