33rd year - N° 235 Thursday, 23 August 2018

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33rd year - N° 235 Thursday, 23 August 2018

23 August / Today's 12 Events:

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(-) 120 years ago Tuesday 23rd of August 1898 Artist Félicien Rops aka The Satanic Eroticist dies of unknown causes at the age of 65 in Essonnes, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 106 years ago He Was an American in Pittsburgh Friday 23rd of August 1912 Dancer, actor, singer, film director and choreographer Gene Eugene Curran Kelly is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(-) 92 years ago The Sheik Lapsed in a Coma Monday 23rd of August 1926 Actor and sex symbol Rudolph Valentino, originally Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla aka Latin Lover dies of pleurisy at the age of 31 in Polyclinic Hospital, 345 West 50th Street, New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 82 years ago Sunday 23rd of August 1936 Serial killer Henry Lee Lucas aka The Hand of Death is born in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States.

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(+) 69 years ago Tuesday 23rd of August 1949 Manson Family member Leslie Louise Van Houten aka Lulu is born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States.

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(+) 66 years ago Saturday 23rd of August 1952 Gangster Yvan Somville is born in Gembloux, Namur, Belgium.

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(-) 60 years ago Saturday 23rd of August 1958 Artist and radical lesbian Marlow Marjorie Jewel Moss dies of cancer at the age of 69 in Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

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(x) 43 years ago They Danced to the Radio Saturday 23rd of August 1975 Musician Ian Kevin Curtis known from Joy Division dies of cancer in St Thomas' Church, Henbury, Cheshire, United Kingdom.

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(x) 16 years ago Friday 23rd of August 2002 Noise music band Club Moral play their 89th concert in Stubnitz, Graaf Visartkaai, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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16 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 23rd of August 2002 Party time after our Club Moral music performance on the Stubnitz in Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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(x) 12 years ago Wednesday 23rd of August 2006 18-year-old Natascha Maria Kampusch aka The Girl in the Cellar escapes after being held in captivity for over 8 years by Wolfgang Přiklopil in Heinestrasse 60, Strasshof an der Nordbahn, Niederösterreich, Austria.

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(-) 12 years ago Wednesday 23rd of August 2006 Kidnapper Wolfgang Přiklopil commits suicide by throwing himself before a Wiener S-Bahn train at the age of 44 in Praterstern Station, Wien, Wien, Austria.

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