33rd year - N° 326 Thursday, 22 November 2018

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
33rd year - N° 326 Thursday, 22 November 2018

22 November / Today's 19 Events:

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(+) 149 years ago He Was a Boy Monday 22nd of November 1869 Writer André Paul Guillaume Gide is born in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 135 years ago Thursday 22nd of November 1883 Catharina Aben is poisoned with arsenic by serial poisoner Maria Swanenburg aka Goeie Mie in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

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(+) 128 years ago Saturday 22nd of November 1890 18th President of the French Republic Charles André Joseph Marie De Gaulle is born in 9 Rue Princesse, Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

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(+) 120 years ago Tuesday 22nd of November 1898 Aviation pioneer Wiley Hardeman Post is born in Grand Saline, Texas, United States.

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(+) 105 years ago Saturday 22nd of November 1913 Composer Benjamin Edward Britten is born in Cliff Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom.

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(+) 93 years ago Sunday 22nd of November 1925 Aviation pioneer Jerrie Geraldine Fredritz Mock known for becoming the first woman to fly solo around the world is born in Newark, Ohio, United States.

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(+) 86 years ago Tuesday 22nd of November 1932 Actor Robert Francis Vaughn known for his role as Napoleon Solo in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is born in New York City, New York, United States.

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(-) 77 years ago Saturday 22nd of November 1941 Gangster and ex-wrestler Juanita Evelita Spinelli aka The Duchess is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 52 in San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California, United States. Spinelli was the first woman to be executed by the state of California.

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(+) 71 years ago Saturday 22nd of November 1947 Possible victim of the Zodiac Killer Alexandra Joan Gery is born in San Francisco, California, United States.

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(+) 60 years ago Saturday 22nd of November 1958 Actress Jamie Lee Curtis is born in Santa Monica, California, United States.

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(-) 55 years ago Friday 22nd of November 1963 Writer Aldous Leonard Huxley known for his dystopian novel Brave New World dies of an overdose of LSD at the age of 69 in Los Angeles, California, United States. On his deathbed, suffering from laryngeal cancer and unable to speak, Huxley made a written request to his wife Laura for "LSD, 100 µg, intramuscular". According to her account of his death in 'This Timeless Moment', she obliged with an injection at 11:45 am and a second dose a few hours later. Huxley died at 5:20 pm.

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(-) 55 years ago Friday 22nd of November 1963 John Fitzgerald Kennedy aka JFK is shot dead by assassin Lee Harvey Oswald in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas, United States.

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(x) 50 years ago Friday 22nd of November 1968 22-year-old Singer-songwriter Marianne Evelyn Faithfull suffers a miscarriage of the daughter (whom she had named Corrina) she was expecting with Mick Jagger in Ardmore, Munster, Ireland.

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(x) 44 years ago Friday 22nd of November 1974 39-year-old Serial killer Joseph Kallinger, originally Joseph Lee Brenner III aka The Shoemaker and his son Mike raid several houses and rape a woman in Lindenwold, New Jersey, United States.

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(-) 38 years ago Saturday 22nd of November 1980 Actress, singer and sex symbol Mae Mary Jane West dies of complications from a stroke at the age of 87 in Ravenswood Apartments #611, 570 North Rossmore Avenue, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(-) 25 years ago His Clockwork Stopped Monday 22nd of November 1993 Writer Anthony Burgess, originally John Anthony Burgess Wilson known for his dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange dies of lung cancer at the age of 76 in Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth, 60 Grove End Rd, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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13 years ago The Eyes had it Tuesday 22nd of November 2005 A plate of 'Duck Tongues', a dish I couldn't resist in a duck specialty restaurant in Beijing. in Beijing, Hebei, China.

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(-) 11 years ago Thursday 22nd of November 2007 Dancer and choreographer Maurice Béjart, originally Maurice-Jean Berger dies of heart failure at the age of 80 in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland.

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10 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 22nd of November 2008 The room of the courthouse where the famous Nazi trials were held after World War II in Saal 600, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany.

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