35th year - N° 121 Thursday, 30 April 2020

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35th year - N° 121 Thursday, 30 April 2020

30 April / Today's 24 Events:

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(-) 390 years ago Tuesday 30th of April 1630 Composer Ercole Porta dies of unknown causes at the age of 45 in Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

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(-) 228 years ago Monday 30th of April 1792 4th Earl of Sandwich John Montagu known for inventing the Sandwich dies of unknown causes at the age of 74 in Chiswick, West London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 208 years ago Thursday 30th of April 1812 Foundling Kaspar Hauser aka The Wild Child is born in Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany.

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(x) 176 years ago He Became the Woods Burner Tuesday 30th of April 1844 27-year-old Writer, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister and transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau known for his book ‘Walden’ and his friend Edward Hoar accidentally set a fire that consumed 300 acres (1.2 km2) of Walden Woods in Fairhaven Bay, Concord, Massachusetts, United States. For years afterward Thoreau could hardly walk the streets of his hometown without hearing the epithet "woods burner."

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(+) 150 years ago War Er Sehr Lustig Saturday 30th of April 1870 Composer Franz Lehár known for his operetta Die Lustige Witwe is born in Komárom, Közép-Dunántúl, Hungary.

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(+) 146 years ago Thursday 30th of April 1874 Spiritual leader of Flemish nationalism Cyriel Charles Marie Joseph Verschaeve is born in Brugstraat 41, Ardooie, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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(-) 137 years ago Monday 30th of April 1883 Painter Édouard Manet dies of untreated syphilis and rheumatism at the age of 51 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 127 years ago Sunday 30th of April 1893 Nazi Reichsminister des Auswärtigen Joachim Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm von Ribbentrop is born in Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(+) 122 years ago Saturday 30th of April 1898 Assassin of SA-leader Horst Wessel Albrecht Höhler aka Ali is born in Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

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(-) 108 years ago Tuesday 30th of April 1912 Murderer J. J. Morris is executed by hanging at the age of 44 in Sugar House Prison, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

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(x) 90 years ago Wednesday 30th of April 1930 Charlotte Ullrich is attacked with a hammer by serial killer Peter Kürten aka The Vampire of Düsseldorf in Grafenberger Wald, Grafenberg, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(+) 90 years ago Wednesday 30th of April 1930 Psychotherapist, philosopher and semiologist Félix Pierre Guattari is born in Villeneuve-les-Sablons, Oise, France.

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(x) 75 years ago Monday 30th of April 1945 The concentration camp of Ravensbrück is liberated by the Russian Red Army in KZ Ravensbrück, Ravensbrück, Brandenburg, Germany.

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(-) 75 years ago His Head Was on the Table Monday 30th of April 1945 Führer and Reichskanzler of Germany Adolf Hitler commits suicide by a shot in the head at the age of 56 in Führerbunker, Berlin, Berlin, Germany. SS-Sturmbannführer Otto Günsche entered the study and found the two lifeless bodies on the sofa. Eva Braun was with her legs drawn up to Hitler's left and slumped away from him. Hitler had shot himself with his own Walther PPK 7.65. The gun lay at his feet and Hitler's head was lying on the table in front of him. Blood dripping from Hitler's right temple and chin had made a large stain on the right arm of the sofa and was pooling on the carpet. Braun's body had no visible physical wounds and her face showed how she had died—by cyanide poisoning

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(x) 74 years ago He Was Not Caught Tuesday 30th of April 1946 18-year-old Serial killer William George Heirens aka Catch Me Before I Kill More is arrested for carrying a gun, but is released in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(+) 64 years ago Monday 30th of April 1956 Film director Lars von Trier is born in Kongens Lyngby, Hovedstaden, Denmark.

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(x) 54 years ago Saturday 30th of April 1966 36-year-old Founder of the Church of Satan Anton Szandor LaVey, originally Howard Stanton Levey announces the establishment of the one and only Church of Satan in San Francisco, California, United States.

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(x) 42 years ago Sunday 30th of April 1978 43-year-old Serial killer Joseph Kallinger, originally Joseph Lee Brenner III aka The Shoemaker starts hungerstriking to secure medical treatment in State Correctional Institution, 1100 Pike Street, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(-) 41 years ago Monday 30th of April 1979 Ellen Abel is beaten to death with a hammer by serial killer Bernd Bopp aka Der Hammermörder in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany.

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(-) 37 years ago Saturday 30th of April 1983 Marie Mary-Jane Annette Malvar is strangled by serial killer Gary Ridgway aka The Green River Killer in Military Road, Seattle, Washington, United States. Malvar was standing with her boyfriend and pimp Robert Bobby Woods at the intersection of 216th Street and Pacific Highway South when Ridgway picked her up and took her to his house.

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(x) 33 years ago Thursday 30th of April 1987 42-year-old Serial killer Arthur John Shawcross aka The Genesee River Killer is paroled and released from prison after serving 14 of a 25-year sentence for the murder of 10-year-old Jack Owen Blake in Watertown on 7 May 1972 in Green Haven Correctional Facility, Route 216, Stormville, New York, United States. In March 1988 Shawcross began murdering again, primarily prostitutes in the area, before his capture less than two years later.

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(x) 23 years ago Wednesday 30th of April 1997 48-year-old Serial killer Ahmad Suradji, originally Nasib Kelewang aka The Sorcerer is arrested after bodies were discovered near his home in Medan, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia. Suradji's three wives, who were sisters, were also arrested for assisting in the murders and helping him hide the bodies. In all 42 decomposed bodies of young women were found buried with their heads facing his house.

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(-) 18 years ago He Became the First Man to be Wheeled in Tuesday 30th of April 2002 Multiple murderer Rodolfo Baiza Hernandez is executed by lethal injection at the age of 52 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Hernandez' last meal request was for two double meat cheeseburgers all the way, french fries, three beef skirt tacos, guacamole salad, salt and two fried chicken breasts. Hernandez became the first amputee to die by lethal injection in Huntsville. Hernandez lost his left leg to complications from diabetes and had at one time hoped to be fitted with a prosthetic leg. Medical complications put an end to that possibility and Hernandez was wheeled into the room, denying him a request to be fitted wit h a prosthetic device so he could walk to his death "like a man".

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(-) 10 years ago Friday 30th of April 2010 Planespotter and journalist Levent Salim Bergkotte stabs to death 37-year-old Alastair Whewell, pilot of the Piper Cherokee PA-28 they were flying, and shuts down the engine of the sports plane to make it crash at the age of 33 in Bariloche, Patagonia, Argentina. Bergkotte left a farewell letter to his wife in his hotel room.

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35th year - N° 120 Wednesday, 29 April 2020

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35th year - N° 120 Wednesday, 29 April 2020

29 April / Today's 32 Events:

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(x) 250 years ago Sunday 29th of April 1770 42-year-old Explorer, navigator, cartographer and captain James Cook lands with the HMB Endeavour in Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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(+) 157 years ago Wednesday 29th of April 1863 Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst is born in San Francisco, California, United States.

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(-) 139 years ago Friday 29th of April 1881 Murderer Royal S. Carr is executed by hanging at the age of 44 in State Prison, 546 State Farm Road, Windsor, Vermont, United States.

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(+) 121 years ago Saturday 29th of April 1899 Bandleader and composer Duke Edward Kennedy Ellington is born in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

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(+) 119 years ago Monday 29th of April 1901 Emperor of Japan Hirohito aka Emperor Shōwa is born in Aoyama Palace, Moto-Akasaka, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan.

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(+) 113 years ago Monday 29th of April 1907 Singer and actor Tino Constantin Rossi is born in Ajaccio, Corsica, France.

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(+) 113 years ago He Was a Baby for All Seasons Monday 29th of April 1907 Film director Fred Alfred Zinneman is born in Rzeszów, Województwo Podkarpackie, Poland.

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(+) 103 years ago She Was Transfigured in Time Sunday 29th of April 1917 Experimental filmmaker Maya Deren, originally Eleanora Derenkowskaia is born in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia.

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(-) 101 years ago Tuesday 29th of April 1919 Black George Holden is lynched for writing an improper note to a white woman in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States.

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(-) 77 years ago Thursday 29th of April 1943 Murderer August Sangret aka The Wigwam Murderer is executed by hanging by Albert Pierrepoint at the age of 30 in Wandsworth Prison, Wandsworth, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 75 years ago Sunday 29th of April 1945 The concentration camp of Dachau is liberated by units of 3rd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Felix L. Sparks and the 222nd Infantry Regiment of the 42nd Rainbow Infantry Division soldiers led by Brigadier General Henning Linden in Konzentrationslager Dachau, Dachau, Bayern, Germany. Since 1945 adherents of the 42nd and 45th Division versions of events have argued over which unit was the first to liberate Dachau.

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(+) 75 years ago Sunday 29th of April 1945 Musician Hugh Colin Hopper known from the band ‘Soft Machine’ is born in Whitstable, Kent, United Kingdom.

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(x) 75 years ago Sunday 29th of April 1945 Führer and Reichskanzler of Germany Adolf Hitler is born in Führerbunker, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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(-) 71 years ago Friday 29th of April 1949 Murderer Andrew Martin Berry is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 44 in Ohio State Penitentiary, Columbus, Ohio, United States.

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(-) 69 years ago Sunday 29th of April 1951 Philosopher Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein dies of prostate cancer at the age of 62 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 62 years ago Tuesday 29th of April 1958 Double murderer Robert Wayne Vickers aka Bonzai Bob is born in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.

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(+) 62 years ago Tuesday 29th of April 1958 Actress Michelle Marie Pfeiffer is born in Santa Ana, California, United States.

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(-) 53 years ago Saturday 29th of April 1967 Coby van der Voort is beaten to death by serial killer Hans van Zon in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

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(+) 50 years ago Wednesday 29th of April 1970 Actress Uma Karuna Thurman is born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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(-) 49 years ago Thursday 29th of April 1971 Edna Terry MacDonald is strangled by serial rapist and murderer Mike DeBardeleben aka The Lethal Shadow in Barrington, Rhode Island, United States.

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(-) 43 years ago Friday 29th of April 1977 Serial killer Zdzisław Marchwicki aka The Zagłębie Vampire is executed by hanging at the age of 50 in Katowice, Województwo Katowice, Poland.

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(-) 43 years ago Friday 29th of April 1977 Marie-Therese Majer is murdered by serial killer Bernd Bopp aka Der Hammermörder in Schriesheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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(-) 40 years ago Tuesday 29th of April 1980 Film director Alfred Joseph Hitchcock aka The Master of Suspense dies of renal failure at the age of 81 in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(-) 40 years ago Tuesday 29th of April 1980 Darin Lee Kendrick is strangled by serial killer William Bonin aka The Freeway Killer in Stanton, California, United States. Bonin and Vernon Butts picked up Kendrick near Knott's Berry Farm, tied him up and forced him to drink chloral hydrate.

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(-) 27 years ago Thursday 29th of April 1993 Guitarist, songwriter, arranger and producer Mick Michael Ronson known from David Bowie’s Spiders from Mars dies of liver cancer at the age of 47 in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 23 years ago Tuesday 29th of April 1997 David Samuel Madson is shot dead by serial killer Andrew Cunanan aka American Gigolo/American Psycho in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Madson's body was found on the east shore of Rush Lake.

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(-) 23 years ago Tuesday 29th of April 1997 Double murderer Ernest Orville Baldree is executed by lethal injection at the age of 55 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(-) 22 years ago Wednesday 29th of April 1998 Murderer Arthur Martin Ross is executed by lethal injection at the age of 44 in Arizona State Prison Complex, 1305 E Butte Avenue, Florence, Arizona, United States.

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(-) 22 years ago Wednesday 29th of April 1998 Murderer Frank Basil McFarland is executed by lethal injection at the age of 35 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(-) 17 years ago Tuesday 29th of April 2003 Murderer David Brewer is executed by lethal injection at the age of 44 in Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, Lucasville, Ohio, United States. Brewer's last meal request was for fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, apple pie and root beer.

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15 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 29th of April 2005 A carboot sale of fresh pig meat outside our apartment in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia.

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(-) 6 years ago Tuesday 29th of April 2014 Kidnapper and murderer Clayton Darrell Lockett dies of a heart attack during a botched execution by lethal injection at the age of 39 in Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester, Oklahoma, United States.

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