33rd year - N° 94 Wednesday, 4 April 2018

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
33rd year - N° 94 Wednesday, 4 April 2018

4 April / Today's 15 Events:

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(+) 1830 years ago He Was a Gallic Hoodie Friday 4th of April 0188 Roman Emperor Caracalla, originally Lucius Septimius Bassianus aka Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus is born in Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France. At the time Lyon was called Lugdunum, Gaul. According to Aurelius Victor in his 'Epitome de Caesaribus', Antoninus became known by the agnomen 'Caracalla' after a Gallic hooded tunic that he habitually wore and made fashionable.

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(x) 343 years ago Thursday 4th of April 1675 10-year-old Soldier and adventurer Francis Charteris aka The Rape-Master General is baptised in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. Charteris was born in Edinburgh in about 1665, the exact date is unknown.

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(+) 172 years ago He Embarked on a Dangerous Philosophical Journey Saturday 4th of April 1846 Poet Isidore Ducasse de Lautréamont, originally Isidore-Lucien Ducasse known for Les Chants de Maldoror is born in Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay.

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(-) 130 years ago She Was the First of Eleven Wednesday 4th of April 1888 Emma Elizabeth Smith is possibly attacked by unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper in The London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Smith was assaulted at the junction of Osborn Street and Brick Lane the night before. She was taken to the hospital, fell into a coma and died. Medical investigation by duty surgeon Dr G. H. Hillier revealed that a blunt object had been inserted into her vagina rupturing her peritoneum. The case was listed as the first of eleven Whitechapel murders in Metropolitan Police files.

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(x) 122 years ago Saturday 4th of April 1896 59-year-old Baby farm murderess Amelia Elizabeth Dyer, originally Hobley aka The Ogress of Reading is arrested in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 104 years ago Saturday 4th of April 1914 Writer and experimental filmmaker Marguerite Duras, originally Marguerite Donnadieu is born in Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area, Vietnam.

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(+) 86 years ago Monday 4th of April 1932 Actor Anthony Perkins aka Norman Bates is born in New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 86 years ago Monday 4th of April 1932 Film director Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky is born in Zavrazhye, Ivanovo Industrial Oblast, Russia.

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(x) 82 years ago Saturday 4th of April 1936 39-year-old Doctor and serial killer Marcel André Henri Félix Petiot aka The Triangular Chamber of Death Murderer is caught in flagrante delicto stealing a book in Librairie Gibert, 26 Boulevard Saint-Michel, VIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Petiot spent a month in asylum in Ivry.

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(x) 72 years ago Thursday 4th of April 1946 49-year-old Doctor and serial killer Marcel André Henri Félix Petiot aka The Triangular Chamber of Death Murderer is sentenced to death in Cour d'Assises, 34 Quai des Orfèvres, Ier, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 61 years ago He Still Had a Past Thursday 4th of April 1957 Film director Aki Olavi Kaurismäki is born in Orimattila, Päijänne Tavastia, Finland.

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(-) 50 years ago His Dream Ended Thursday 4th of April 1968 Martin Luther King, originally Michael King is shot dead by assassin James Earl Ray aka The Man Who Shot Martin Luther King in Lorraine Motel, 450 Mulberry Street, Memphis, Tennessee, United States. King stood on the motel's second-floor balcony when the bullet entered through his right cheek, smashing his jaw, then traveled down his spinal cord before lodging in his shoulder. After emergency chest surgery, King was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital at 7.05 pm.

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(x) 43 years ago Friday 4th of April 1975 153 die in Lockheed C-5A Galaxy crash in Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area, Vietnam. There were 175 survivors. The flight was part of 'Operation Babylift', in which American caregivers were paired with South Vietnamese orphans.

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(+) 39 years ago Wednesday 4th of April 1979 Actor Heath Andrew Ledger is born in Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

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(-) 35 years ago Monday 4th of April 1983 Actress Gloria May Josephine Swanson dies of heart failure at the age of 84 in New York Hospital, New York City, New York, United States.

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