Tuesday, July 9, 2019

34th year - N° 190 Tuesday, 9 July 2019

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
34th year - N° 190 Tuesday, 9 July 2019

9 July / Today's 21 Events:
(x)
479 years ago

Tuesday 9th of July 1540

49-year-old King of England Henry VIII of England, originally Henry Tudor divorces his fourth wife Anna von Kleve in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Henry claimed she was so unattractive he could barely sleep with her. They had been married for 6 months only.


(-)
169 years ago

Tuesday 9th of July 1850

12th President of the United States Zachary Taylor dies of cholera morbus at the age of 66 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

On 4 July 4 Taylor reportedly consumed copious amounts of raw fruit and iced milk while attending holiday celebrations during a fund-raising event at the Washington Monument.


(+)
144 years ago

Friday 9th of July 1875

Victim of George Joseph Smith aka The Brides in the Bath Murderer Beatrice Constance Annie Mundy aka Bessie is born in Warminster, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.

Mundy was baptised in Christ Church on this day.


(+)
92 years ago

Saturday 9th of July 1927

Actress Susan Cabot, originally Harriet Shapiro is born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.


(+)
90 years ago

Tuesday 9th of July 1929

Singer-songwriter Lee Barton Hazlewood is born in Mannford, Oklahoma, United States.


(+)
82 years ago

Friday 9th of July 1937

Painter David Hockney is born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.


(+)
73 years ago

Tuesday 9th of July 1946

Musician Bon Ronald Belford Scott known from AC/DC is born in Fyfe Jamieson Maternity Hospital, Forfar, Scotland, United Kingdom.


(-)
57 years ago

Monday 9th of July 1962

Writer and philosopher Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille dies of cerebral arteriosclerosis at the age of 65 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.


(x)
57 years ago

Monday 9th of July 1962

Serial killer Peter Hößl aka Der Wochenendmörder is sentenced to 15 years for three murders committed in 1956, 1959 and 1960 in München, Bayern, Germany.


(x)
57 years ago The Soup was Hot but Inexpensive

Monday 9th of July 1962

The 'Campbell's Soup Cans' exhibition by 34-year-old Pop artist Andy Warhol, originally Andrew Warhola aka The Pope of Pop opens in Ferus Gallery, 723 North La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, United States.

Five of Warhol's canvases sold for $100 each, but director Irving Blum bought them back to keep the set intact.


(+)
54 years ago

Friday 9th of July 1965

Installation artist Jason Rhoades is born in Newcastle, California, United States.


(x)
48 years ago He Quickly Was Tommy

Friday 9th of July 1971

24-year-old Member of Zentralrat der Umherschweifenden Haschrebellen and Bewegung 2. Juni Georg von Rauch is sentenced for assaulting a journalist from Quick magazine in Schwurgericht I, Turmstraße 91, Moabit, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Upon sentencing von Rauch changed places with RAF collegue Thomas Weissbecker, left the courtroom and went in the underground.


(x)
37 years ago

Friday 9th of July 1982

153 die in Pan American Boeing 727-235 Flight 759 crash in Kenner, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

There were also eight fatalities on the ground.


(x)
37 years ago He Asked for Some Cigarettes

Friday 9th of July 1982

34-year-old Intruder Michael Fagan breaks into the bedroom of Queen Elizabeth in Buckingham Palace, Westminster, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Fagan wandered the palace corridors for several minutes before reaching the section where the royal apartments were located. In an anteroom Fagan broke a glass ashtray, cutting his hand. He was still carrying a fragment of the glass when he entered the Queen's bedroom. The Queen woke when he disturbed a curtain and initial reports said Fagan sat on the edge of her bed. Fagan then asked for some cigarettes which were brought by a maid who had been cleaning a neighbouring room. Duty footman Paul Whybrew, who had been walking the Queen's dogs then appeared followed by two policemen on palace duty who removed Fagan.


(-)
34 years ago

Tuesday 9th of July 1985

Cop killer Henry Martinez Porter is executed by lethal injection at the age of 44 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Porter's last meal request was for steak, refried beans, tossed salad, jalapenos, tortillas, chocolate cake and iced tea.


(-)
33 years ago

Wednesday 9th of July 1986

Physicist and research manager Karl Heinz Beckurtz and his driver Eckhard Groppler die in a roadside bomb-attack by die Rote Armee Fraktion, Kommando Mara Cagol at the age of 56 in Tölzer Straße, Straßlach, Oberbayern, Germany.



20 years ago The Eyes had it

Friday 9th of July 1999

Boring moments during a party in Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.


(-)
17 years ago

Tuesday 9th of July 2002

Actor Rod Rodney Stephen Steiger dies of pneumonia and kidney failure as a result of complications from surgery for a gall bladder tumor at the age of 77 in Los Angeles, California, United States.


(-)
16 years ago

Wednesday 9th of July 2003

Triple murderer Christopher Black is executed by lethal injection at the age of 44 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Black's final meal request was for one steak (medium well), fried chicken (wings and thighs), French fries, mushroom gravy, mixed steamed vegetables, chocolate fudge cake, peach cobbler, sweet tea, bread, and chef salad with Italian dressing.


(-)
15 years ago

Friday 9th of July 2004

Triple murderer Riley Dobi Noel is executed by lethal injection at the age of 32 in Cummins Unit, Varner, Arkansas, United States.


(x)
13 years ago

Sunday 9th of July 2006

124 die in Sibir S7 Airlines Airbus A310-324 Flight 778 crash on landing in Irkutsk International Airport, Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.

There were 79 survivors.


No comments: