Tuesday, July 24, 2018

33rd year - N° 205 Tuesday, 24 July 2018

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33rd year - N° 205 Tuesday, 24 July 2018

24 July / Today's 11 Events:
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283 years ago

Sunday 24th of July 1735

Murderess Patience Boston is executed by hanging at the age of 22 in Falmouth, Maine, United States.


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216 years ago

Saturday 24th of July 1802

Writer Alexandre Dumas, originally Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie known for Les Trois Mousquetaires is born in Villers-Cotterêts, Picardie, France.


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156 years ago

Thursday 24th of July 1862

8th President of the United States Martin Van Buren dies of bronchial asthma and heart failure at the age of 80 in Lindenwald, Kinderhook, New York, United States.


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154 years ago

Sunday 24th of July 1864

Playwright Frank Benjamin Franklin Wedekind is born in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.


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121 years ago

Saturday 24th of July 1897

Aviation pioneer Amelia Mary Earhart is born in Atchison, Kansas, United States.


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109 years ago

Saturday 24th of July 1909

Serial killer John George Haigh aka The Acid Bath Murderer is born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.


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77 years ago

Thursday 24th of July 1941

29-year-old Serial killer Paul Ogorzow aka Der Schnell-Bahn Mörder is sentenced to death in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.


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74 years ago

Monday 24th of July 1944

Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Jan-Carl Raspe is born in Seefeld, Tirol, Austria.


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60 years ago

Thursday 24th of July 1958

Ruth Rita Mercado aka Angela Rojas is abducted, raped and garotted by serial killer Harvey Glatman aka The Pin-Up Killer in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, United States.

Mercado's body was found on 31 October.


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38 years ago

Thursday 24th of July 1980

21-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Untitled Series - 2' in Prinsenhof 03, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

I was laying on the floor in an empty room and let and icecube melt on my naked chest.



15 years ago The Eyes had it

Thursday 24th of July 2003

Originally built for its researchers and scientists to study above-ground flora and fauna more effectively, the Canopy Walkway is opened to public whereby visitors will literally feel like they are hovering above the forest grounds, taking in views and landscapes that is unbeknown to the eye at ground level. The idea of walking at 'tree level' may be disorienting to some at first but it is certainly a spectacle that should not be missed out on in Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia.


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