34th year - N° 59 Thursday, 28 February 2019

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34th year - N° 59 Thursday, 28 February 2019

28 February / Today's 18 Events:

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(-) 1533 years ago Thursday 28th of February 0486 46th Pope Hilarius dies of unknown causes in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(-) 154 years ago Tuesday 28th of February 1865 Jane Taylor is poisoned with antimony by doctor and murderer Edward William Pritchard in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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(+) 139 years ago Saturday 28th of February 1880 Victim of John George Haigh aka The Acid Bath Murderer Olive Henrietta Olivia Robarts Durand-Deacon is born in Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom.

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(+) 113 years ago Wednesday 28th of February 1906 Mobster Bugsy Benjamin Siegel, originally Benjamin Siegelbaum is born in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States.

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(+) 107 years ago Wednesday 28th of February 1912 Mistress of Benito Mussolini Clara Claretta Petacci is born in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(+) 77 years ago Saturday 28th of February 1942 Rolling Stone Brian Lewis Hopkins Jones is born in Park Nursing Home, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.

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(x) 72 years ago Friday 28th of February 1947 Start of the 228 Incident, an anti-government uprising after the confiscation of contraband cigarettes and subsequent killing a 40-year-old widow named Lin Jiang-mai by agents of the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau enforcement team in Tianma teahouse, Taiheichō, Dadaocheng, Taipei, Taiwan. Estimates of the number of deaths vary from ten thousand to thirty thousand or more.

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(+) 69 years ago Tuesday 28th of February 1950 Irish republican hunger striker Francis Hughes, originally Proinsias Ó hAodha is born in Bellaghy, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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(-) 63 years ago Tuesday 28th of February 1956 Gangster and French public enemy No. 1 for 1950 Émile Buisson aka Mimile is executed by the Guillotine by André Olbrecht at the age of 54 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 62 years ago Thursday 28th of February 1957 Murderer Leonardo Salemi is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 44 in Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York, United States.

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(+) 59 years ago Sunday 28th of February 1960 Serial killer Richard Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez aka The Night Stalker is born in El Paso, Texas, United States.

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(+) 59 years ago Sunday 28th of February 1960 Playmate of the Year 1980 Dorothy Stratten, originally Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten is born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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(x) 48 years ago Sunday 28th of February 1971 31-year-old Performance artist Vito Hannibal Acconci performs 'Security Zone' with Lee Jaffe in Pier 18, New York, New York, United States.

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(-) 33 years ago Friday 28th of February 1986 26th Prime Minister of Sweden Olof Sven Joachim Palme is shot dead by an unidentified assassin at the age of 59 in Sveavägen, Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden. Although more than 130 people have confessed to Palme's murder the case remains unsolved.

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(x) 31 years ago Sunday 28th of February 1988 26-year-old Serial killer Roberto Succo aka L'Assassino della Luna Piena aka Il Mostro di Mestre aka Roberto il Folle is arrested in Mestre, Veneto, Italy.

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(-) 27 years ago Friday 28th of February 1992 Double murderer David Michael Clark is executed by lethal injection at the age of 33 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(-) 17 years ago He Was the Warden Thursday 28th of February 2002 Murderer Monty Allen Delk is executed by lethal injection at the age of 35 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. When the warden asked if he had a final statement Delk shouted. "I am the warden! Get your warden off this gurney and shut up!"

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(-) 6 years ago Thursday 28th of February 2013 Great Train Robber Bruce Richard Reynolds known for masterminding the 1963 Great Train Robbery dies of poor health at the age of 82 in Croydon, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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