Thursday, June 7, 2018

33rd year - N° 158 Thursday, 7 June 2018

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33rd year - N° 158 Thursday, 7 June 2018

7 June / Today's 22 Events:
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240 years ago

Sunday 7th of June 1778

Men's fashion pioneer Beau George Bryan Brummell is born in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.


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175 years ago

Wednesday 7th of June 1843

Poet Friedrich Johann Christian Hölderlin dies of hypochondria at the age of 73 in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.


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170 years ago

Wednesday 7th of June 1848

Painter Paul Eugène Henri Gauguin is born in Paris, Île-de-France, France.


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114 years ago

Tuesday 7th of June 1904

Victim of Fritz Haarmann aka Der Hannover Werwolf Hans Sonnenfeld is born in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.


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101 years ago He Was Nobody Until Someone Loved Him

Thursday 7th of June 1917

Singer and actor Dean Martin, originally Dino Paul Crocetti aka The King of Cool is born in Steubenville, Ohio, United States.


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92 years ago

Monday 7th of June 1926

While taking his daily walk to the Sant Felip Neri church for his habitual prayer and confession, 74-year-old Architect Antoni Gaudí, originally Antoni Gaudí i Cornet aka God's Architect is struck by a passing tram and remains unconscious in Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Assumed to be a beggar because of his lack of identity documents and shabby clothing, the unconscious Gaudí did not receive immediate aid. Eventually a police officer transported him in a taxi to the Santa Creu Hospital where he received rudimentary care. He died on 10 June 1926.


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81 years ago

Monday 7th of June 1937

Actress and sex symbol Jean Harlow, originally Harlean Harlow Carpenter aka The Blonde Bombshell dies of cerebral edema at the age of 26 in Good Samaritan Hospital, 1125 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, United States.

There were also rumors that Harlow had died because of alcoholism, a botched abortion, over-dieting, sunstroke, poisoning due to platinum hair dye or various venereal diseases. However medical bulletins, hospital records and testimony of her relatives and friends prove it was kidney disease.


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78 years ago He Was not Unusual

Friday 7th of June 1940

Singer Tom Jones, originally Thomas Jones Woodward is born in 57 Kingsland Terrace, Treforest, South Wales, United Kingdom.


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71 years ago

Saturday 7th of June 1947

Double murderer George Douglas Lott aka The Fort Worth Courthouse Gunman is born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States.


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64 years ago

Monday 7th of June 1954

Mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, computer scientist and philosopher Alan Mathison Turing aka The Father of Computer Science commits suicide by cyanide poisoning at the age of 42 in Copper Folly, 43 Adlington Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire, United Kingdom.

When Turing's body was discovered, an apple lay half-eaten beside his bed, and although the apple was not tested for cyanide, it was speculated that this was the means by which a fatal dose was consumed. In 1952, Turing was convicted of acts of gross indecency after admitting to a sexual relationship with a man in Manchester. He was placed on probation and required to undergo hormone therapy.


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60 years ago

Saturday 7th of June 1958

Musician Prince, originally Prince Rogers Nelson is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.


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53 years ago

Monday 7th of June 1965

Artist Damien Steven Hirst is born in Bristol, South West England, United Kingdom.


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52 years ago

Tuesday 7th of June 1966

Artist Jean / Hans Arp dies of unknown causes at the age of 80 in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland.


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51 years ago

Wednesday 7th of June 1967

Bride of gangster Ronnie Kray Frances Elsie Shea commits suicide by acute barbiturate poisoning at the age of 23 in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.


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46 years ago Suchte Sie Sich Noch Ein Paar Strümpfe

Wednesday 7th of June 1972

32-year-old Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Gudrun Ensslin is arrested in Edelboutique Linette, Jungfernstieg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

A sales clerk had noticed Ensslin's concealed guns in her leather jacket.


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41 years ago He Rested in the Mountains for Six Days

Tuesday 7th of June 1977

31-year-old Serial killer Ted Theodore Robert Bundy aka The Only Living Witness opens a window of the Law Library, drops 30 feet and escapes in Pitkin County Courthouse, 506 E Main Street, Aspen, Colorado, United States.

Bundy made it all the way to the top of Aspen Mountain without being detected and rested for two days in an abandoned hunting cabin. Despite being stricken with fatigue, sleep-deprivation and in constant and intense pain from a sprained right ankle Bundy drove back into Aspen and could have gotten away, but two police deputies noticed the Cadillac with dimmed headlights weaving in and out of its lane and pulled him over on 13 June 1977.


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38 years ago

Saturday 7th of June 1980

Writer Henry Valentine Miller dies of circulatory complications at the age of 89 in 444 Ocampo Drive, Pacific Palisades, California, United States.


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33 years ago

Friday 7th of June 1985

23-year-old Serial killer Waldemar Stepinski aka The Doorbell Killer is sentenced to life-imprisonment in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.



19 years ago The Eyes had it

Monday 7th of June 1999

Creative woodworks for Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven aka AMVK's installation on the occasion of the 'Trattenendosi' exhibition in Zitelle, Antichi Granai, Giudecca 34, Venezia, Veneto, Italy.


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12 years ago He Was Not So Safe

Wednesday 7th of June 2006

Emir of Al Qaeda in the Country of Two Rivers Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, originally Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh is killed in a targeted killing by two United States Air Force F-16C jets at the age of 40 in al-Qaeda Safehouse, Ba'qūbah, Diyala Governorate, Iraq.

Among five others killed were one of al-Zarqawi's wives and their child and one of his key lieutenants, spiritual adviser Sheik Abd-Al-Rahman.


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5 years ago He Was Stalked by the Morning

Friday 7th of June 2013

Serial killer Richard Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez aka The Night Stalker dies of complications secondary to B-cell lymphoma at the age of 53 in Marin General Hospital, 250 Bon Air Road, Greenbrae, California, United States.

At 53 years old, Ramirez had been on death row for more than 23 years awaiting execution by the state of California.


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3 years ago

Sunday 7th of June 2015

Actor Christopher Frank Carandini Lee known for his role as Count Dracula dies of respiratory problems at the age of 93 in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.


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