34th year - N° 188 Sunday, 7 July 2019

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
34th year - N° 188 Sunday, 7 July 2019

7 July / Today's 27 Events:

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(-) 715 years ago Monday 7th of July 1304 194th Pope Benedictus XI, originally Nicola Boccasini dies of unknown causes at the age of 64 in Perugia, Umbria, Italy. According to some sources Benedictus XI was poisoned.

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(+) 186 years ago Sunday 7th of July 1833 Artist Félicien Rops aka The Satanic Eroticist is born in 33 Rue du Président, Namur, Namur, Belgium.

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(+) 159 years ago Saturday 7th of July 1860 Romantic composer Gustav Mahler is born in Kaliště u Humpolce, Kraj Vysočina, Czechoslovakia.

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(+) 132 years ago Thursday 7th of July 1887 Artist Marc Zakharovich Chagall, originally Moishe Segal is born in Liozna, Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus.

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(-) 129 years ago Monday 7th of July 1890 Henri Nestlé, originally Heinrich Nestle known for creating condensed milk dies of a heart attack at the age of 76 in Glion, Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland.

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(+) 128 years ago Tuesday 7th of July 1891 Model and actress Virginia Rappe, originally Virginia Caroline Rapp known for her death after attending a party with actor Fatty Arbuckle is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(-) 120 years ago Friday 7th of July 1899 Murderer and cannibal Adolph Louis Luetgert, originally Adolph Ludwig Lütgert aka The Sausage King dies of a heart attack at the age of 54 in Joliet Prison, Joliet, Illinois, United States.

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(+) 118 years ago Sunday 7th of July 1901 Neorealist film director Vittorio De Sica is born in Sora, Lazio, Italy.

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(+) 118 years ago Sunday 7th of July 1901 Accomplice of serial killer Fritz Haarmann aka Der Hannover Werwolf Hans Grans is born in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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(x) 114 years ago Friday 7th of July 1905 14-year-old Serial killer, rapist, arsonist and burglar Carl Panzram aka A Journal of Murder burns down a warehouse 'for thrills' in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States.

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(+) 113 years ago Saturday 7th of July 1906 Serial poisoner Anna Marie Hahn, originally Filser aka Arsenic Anna aka The Blonde Borgia is born in Unknown, Bayern, Germany.

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(+) 112 years ago Sunday 7th of July 1907 Writer Robert Anton Heinlein aka The Dean of Science Fiction Writers is born in Butler, Missouri, United States.

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(-) 108 years ago Friday 7th of July 1911 Murderer Domingo Franco is executed by hanging at the age of 44 in Arizona State Prison Complex, 1305 E Butte Avenue, Florence, Arizona, United States.

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(-) 103 years ago Friday 7th of July 1916 Murderer Miguel Peralta is executed by hanging at the age of 40 in Arizona State Prison Complex, 1305 E Butte Avenue, Florence, Arizona, United States.

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(-) 97 years ago Friday 7th of July 1922 Cop killer Elvie D. Kerby is executed by hanging at the age of 23 in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States.

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(-) 97 years ago Friday 7th of July 1922 Cop killer John L. Rathie is executed by hanging at the age of 22 in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States.

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(+) 95 years ago Monday 7th of July 1924 Serial killer Rudolf Pleil aka Der Großten Todmacher is born in Kühberg, Sachsen, Germany.

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(-) 92 years ago Thursday 7th of July 1927 Double murderer Louis Boersig is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 44 in Virginia State Penitentiary, Richmond, Virginia, United States. Boersig attacked and beat Minnie I. Ridgeway and her daughters, 6-year-old Loretta and 4-year-old Kathleen, mortally injuring the two children at their home in Alexandria.

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(-) 89 years ago Monday 7th of July 1930 Writer Arthur Conan Ignatius Doyle known for creating Sherlock Holmes dies of a heart attack at the age of 71 in Windlesham Manor, Hurtis Hill, Crowborough, East Sussex, United Kingdom.

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(+) 84 years ago Sunday 7th of July 1935 Bar manager Kitty Catherine Susan Genovese is born in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States.

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(+) 84 years ago Sunday 7th of July 1935 Double murderer David Lee Holland is born in Pineland, Texas, United States.

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(+) 79 years ago Sunday 7th of July 1940 Drummer, musician and songwriter Ringo Starr, originally Richard Starkey known from The Beatles is born in 9 Madryn Street, Dingle, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom.

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(x) 73 years ago Sunday 7th of July 1946 41-year-old Business magnate, aviator, aerospace engineer, film director and eccentric Howard Robard Hughes crashes with his own designed XF-11 spy-aircraft in Los Angeles Country Club, 10101 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States. About 300 yards short of the course the aircraft suddenly lost altitude and clipped three houses. The third house was destroyed by fire and Hughes was nearly killed.

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(x) 72 years ago it Was a Floating Balloon Monday 7th of July 1947 An Unidentified Flying Object supposedly carrying an alien crashes in Foster Ranch, Roswell, New Mexico, United States. In the 1990s the US military published two reports disclosing the true nature of the crashed object: a nuclear test surveillance balloon from Project Mogul.

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(+) 70 years ago Thursday 7th of July 1949 Actress and singer Shelley Alexis Duvall is born in Houston, Texas, United States.

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(-) 46 years ago Saturday 7th of July 1973 197 Megan Siobhan Emerick is presumably abducted and killed by serial killer Robert Hansen aka The Aviation Hunter in Seward Skill Center, Seward, Alaska, United States.

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(-) 13 years ago Friday 7th of July 2006 Musician Syd Roger Keith Barrett known from Pink Floyd dies of pancreatic cancer at the age of 60 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.

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