33rd year - N° 42 Sunday, 11 February 2018

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33rd year - N° 42 Sunday, 11 February 2018

11 February / Today's 27 Events:

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(+) 483 years ago Monday 11th of February 1535 229th Pope Gregorius XIV, originally Niccolò Sfondrato is born in Somma Lombardo, Lombardia, Italy.

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(-) 368 years ago Friday 11th of February 1650 Philosopher, mathematician and scientist René Descartes dies of pneumonia at the age of 54 in Västerlånggatan 68, Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden.

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(+) 171 years ago He Was Beginning to See the Light Thursday 11th of February 1847 Inventor Thomas Alva Edison aka The Wizard of Menlo Park is born in Milan, Ohio, United States.

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(+) 158 years ago Saturday 11th of February 1860 Serial killer and cannibal Karl Denke aka Papa Denke is born in Ober Kunzendorf, Niederschlesien, Germany.

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(-) 149 years ago Thursday 11th of February 1869 Assassin Patrick James Whelan is executed by hanging at the age of 29 in Carleton County Gaol, 75 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, Ontario, United States.

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(-) 112 years ago Sunday 11th of February 1906 Murderer Milton Diltwer is executed by hanging at the age of 44 in Missouri State Penitentiary aka The Walls, 115 Lafayette Street, Jefferson City, Missouri, United States.

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(-) 91 years ago Friday 11th of February 1927 William Gaffney is abducted, strangled, cut to pieces, roasted and partly eaten by serial killer, child rapist and cannibal Albert Fish aka The Cannibal aka The Werewolf of Wysteria aka The Moon Maniac in 99 Fifteenth Street, Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States. Gaffney was abducted from Riker Avenue, Astoria, Queens. His body was dumped in the Bowery Bay.

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(+) 83 years ago Monday 11th of February 1935 Musician Gene Vincent, originally Vincent Eugene Craddock known for his top ten hit ‘Be-Bop-A-Lula’ is born in Norfolk, Virginia, United States.

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(+) 82 years ago Tuesday 11th of February 1936 Actor Burt Leon Reynolds is born in Lansing, Michigan, United States.

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(+) 80 years ago Friday 11th of February 1938 Singer Bobby Robert George Pickett known for the novelty song ‘Monster Mash’ is born in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States.

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(-) 76 years ago Wednesday 11th of February 1942 Margaret Florence Lowe aka Pearl is strangled and mutilated by serial killer Gordon Cummins aka The Blackout Ripper in Gosfield Street, Marylebone, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Lowe's body was mutilated with a variety of implements including a razor blade, a knife and a candlestick.

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(+) 71 years ago Tuesday 11th of February 1947 Member of the Symbionese Liberation Army Emily Harris, originally Emily Montague Schwartz aka Yolanda is born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

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(-) 70 years ago Wednesday 11th of February 1948 Film director Sergeï Mikhailovich Eisenstein dies of a heart attack at the age of 50 in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.

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(+) 48 years ago Wednesday 11th of February 1970 Murderer Richard Michael 'Rich' Cartwright is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(x) 43 years ago Tuesday 11th of February 1975 50-year-old Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Hilda Thatcher, originally Margaret Hilda Roberts aka The Iron Lady becomes Party Leader and Leader of the Opposition in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 33 years ago Monday 11th of February 1985 Film director Henry Hathaway, originally Henri Léopold de Fiennes Hathaway dies of a heart attack at the age of 87 in Hollywood, California, United States.

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(-) 32 years ago Tuesday 11th of February 1986 Science fiction writer Frank Patrick Herbert known for his novel Dune dies of a massive pulmonary embolism while recovering from surgery for pancreatic cancer at the age of 66 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.

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(-) 26 years ago Tuesday 11th of February 1992 Murderer Johnny Frank Garrett is executed by lethal injection at the age of 29 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(-) 24 years ago His Gun Stopped Smoking Friday 11th of February 1994 Actor and producer William Conrad, originally John William Cann aka 'Cannon' dies of congestive heart failure at the age of 74 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(-) 20 years ago Wednesday 11th of February 1998 Rosemary A. Downs is raped and strangled by serial killer Alfred Gaynor in 5 Lionel Benoit Road, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States.

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(-) 19 years ago Thursday 11th of February 1999 Multiple murderer Danny Lee Barber is executed by lethal injection at the age of 44 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(-) 18 years ago Friday 11th of February 2000 Film director Roger Vadim, originally Roger Vladimir Plemiannikov dies of cancer at the age of 72 in Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Boulevard de l'Hôpital, XIIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 14 years ago Wednesday 11th of February 2004 Triple murderer Edward Lagrone Lewis is executed by at the age of 47 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Lagrone's last meal request was for five pieces of fried chicken and two Cokes.

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14 years ago The Eyes had it Wednesday 11th of February 2004 A railway station building somewhere on the way on the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore Express Train in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia.

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(-) 12 years ago Saturday 11th of February 2006 Writer Peter Bradford Benchley known for his best-selling novel ‘Jaws’ dies of Complications of pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 66 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.

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(x) 12 years ago Saturday 11th of February 2006 47-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'DDV from China' in Factor 44, Bleekhofstraat 44, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 6 years ago Saturday 11th of February 2012 Singer, actress and model Whitney Elizabeth Houston dies of accidental drowning at the age of 49 in Beverly Hilton Hotel Suite 434, 9876 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California, United States. The official cause of Houston's death was drowning and the "effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use". The amount of cocaine found in Houston's body indicated that she used the substance shortly before her death. Toxicology results revealed additional drugs in her system: diphenhydramine, alprazolam, cannabis and cyclobenzaprine.

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