32nd year - N° 351 Sunday, 17 December 2017

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
32nd year - N° 351 Sunday, 17 December 2017

17 December / Today's 18 Events:

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(-) 184 years ago Tuesday 17th of December 1833 Foundling Kaspar Hauser aka The Wild Child dies of a stab wound suffered three days earlier at the age of 21 in Ansbach, Bayern, Germany. On 14 December 1833 Hauser came home with a deep wound in his left breast. He said that he was lured to the Ansbach Hofgarten and that a stranger stabbed him there while giving him a bag. When policeman Herrlein searched the Hofgarten he found a small violet purse containing a pencilled note in 'Spiegelschrift' (mirror writing). The message read "Hauser wird es euch ganz genau erzählen können, wie ich aussehe, und wo her ich bin. Den Hauser die Mühe zu ersparen will ich es euch selber sagen, woher ich komme _ _ Ich komme von von _ _ _ der Baierischen Gränze _ _ Am Fluße _ _ _ _ _ Ich will euch sogar noch den Namen sagen: M. L. Ö."

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(+) 140 years ago Monday 17th of December 1877 Chief executioner Jules-Henri Desfourneaux aka Monsieur de Paris is born in Bar-le-Duc, Lorraine, France.

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(+) 114 years ago Thursday 17th of December 1903 Writer Erskine Preston Caldwell is born in Moreland, Georgia, United States.

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(+) 103 years ago Thursday 17th of December 1914 Serial killer Raymond Martinez Fernandez aka The Lonely Hearts Killers (with Martha Beck) is born in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.

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(+) 94 years ago Monday 17th of December 1923 Director of the Dresdner bank Jürgen Ponto is born in Bad Nauheim, Hessen, Germany.

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(+) 75 years ago Thursday 17th of December 1942 Musician Paul Vaughn Butterfield known from the Paul Butterfield Blues Band is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(+) 74 years ago Friday 17th of December 1943 Member of the 'Manson Family' Mary Theresa Brunner aka Marioche aka Mother Mary is born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States.

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(-) 70 years ago Wednesday 17th of December 1947 Pathologist Bernard Henry Spilsbury commits suicide by gassing at the age of 70 in University College, Bloomsbury, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Spilsbury was depressed over his finances and his declining health.

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(+) 69 years ago Friday 17th of December 1948 Murderer Stephen McCoy is born in Houston, Texas, United States.

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(x) 59 years ago Wednesday 17th of December 1958 31-year-old Serial killer Harvey Murray Glatman aka The Pin-Up Killer is sentenced to death in San Diego, California, United States.

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(x) 56 years ago Sunday 17th of December 1961 Over 500 die in Gran Circus Norte-Americano fire in Gran Circus Norte-Americano, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The fire was arsoned by former employee Adilson Marcelino.

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(x) 49 years ago Tuesday 17th of December 1968 12-year-old Child killer Mary Flora Bell aka Child of Hell is sentenced to detention for life for the murder of two children in Moot Hall, Castle Garth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Mary's accomplice Norma Bell is acquitted.

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(x) 48 years ago Wednesday 17th of December 1969 44-year-old Wiener Aktionist Otto Muehl performs 'Materialaktion nr. 59 / Stille Nacht / Frohe Weihnacht' aka 'O Tannenbaum' in Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Johannes-Selenka-Platz 1, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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(-) 28 years ago Sunday 17th of December 1989 June Cicero is strangled and mutilated by serial killer Arthur Shawcross aka The Genesee River Killer in Salmon Creek, Rochester, New York, United States. Cicero's body was discovered by aerial surveillance on 3 January 1990.

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(x) 20 years ago Wednesday 17th of December 1997 72-year-old Wiener Aktionist Otto Muehl is released from prison after serving six years for sex and drug offences in Eisenstadt, Burgenland, Austria.

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18 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 17th of December 1999 Waiting with a monk on the pier for the last river-express boat in Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand.

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(-) 13 years ago Friday 17th of December 2004 Pop artist Tom Wesselman dies of complications after heart surgery at the age of 73 in University Medical Center, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.

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(-) 4 years ago Tuesday 17th of December 2013 Great Train Robber Ronnie Ronald Arthur Biggs dies of pneumonia at the age of 84 in Carlton Court Care Home, 112 Bells Hill, East Barnet, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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