36th year - N° 89 Tuesday, 30 March 2021

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36th year - N° 89 Tuesday, 30 March 2021

30 March / Today's 26 Events:

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(+) 275 years ago Wednesday 30th of March 1746 Painter and printmaker Francisco Goya, originally Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes is born in Plaza Aragón, Fuentedetodos, Aragón, Spain.

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(-) 214 years ago Monday 30th of March 1807 Triple murderer George Allen is executed by hanging at the age of 42 in Stafford Goal, Gaol Road, Stafford, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. On 12 January Allen slashed his three children, 9-year-old George, 6-year-old William and 4-year-old Hannah to death with a razor.

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(+) 210 years ago He Wanted to Burn Saturday 30th of March 1811 Chemist Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen known for development of the Bunsen burner is born in Göttingen, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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(-) 181 years ago Monday 30th of March 1840 Men's fashion pioneer Beau George Bryan Brummell dies of insanity due to syphilis at the age of 62 in Le Bon Sauveur, 93 Rue Caponière, Caen, Normandie, France.

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(+) 177 years ago Saturday 30th of March 1844 Poet Paul Marie Verlaine is born in 2 Rue Haute-Pierre, Metz, Lorraine, France.

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(+) 168 years ago Wednesday 30th of March 1853 Impressionist painter Vincent Willem van Gogh is born in Markt 26, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Van Gogh was given the name of his grandfather and of a brother stillborn exactly a year before his birth.

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(-) 138 years ago Friday 30th of March 1883 Murderess Emeline Lucy Meaker is executed by hanging at the age of 45 in State Prison, 546 State Farm Road, Windsor, Vermont, United States. Meaker was the first woman to be legally executed in Vermont. On the morning of her execution Meaker ate a large beefsteak, three potatoes, a slice of bread and butter, a piece of meat pie, and a cup of coffee. Then she went to view the gallows and remarked that it was not half as bad as she thought it would be. She ate a lunch consisting of two boiled eggs, two slices of toast, one potato, one doughnut, and a cup of coffee.

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(+) 127 years ago Friday 30th of March 1894 Engineer and aircraft designer Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin is born in Dilyalevo, Vologda Oblast, Russia.

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(+) 116 years ago Thursday 30th of March 1905 Chief executioner Albert Pierrepoint is born in Clayton, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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(-) 113 years ago Monday 30th of March 1908 Murderer Chester Ellsworth Gillette aka An American Tragedy is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 25 in Auburn Prison, State Street, Auburn, New York, United States. Gillette became the basis for the fictional character Clyde Griffiths in Theodore Dreiser's novel An American Tragedy.

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(-) 109 years ago He Carried Excessive Quantities of Heavy Metal Saturday 30th of March 1912 Writer Karl Friedrich May known for creating adventure novel protagonists Winnetou and Old Shatterhand dies of acute bronchitis at the age of 70 in Radebeul, Sachsen, Germany. Scientists examining the remains of May in 2014 found excessive quantities of lead and other heavy metals and concluded that his death was probably due to a long-time exposure to lead in water as well as tobacco.

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(+) 108 years ago Sunday 30th of March 1913 Singer and actor Frankie Laine, originally Francesco Paolo LoVecchio aka Old Leather Lungs is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(-) 96 years ago Monday 30th of March 1925 Philosopher, social reformer, architect and esotericist Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner aka The Father of Anthroposophy dies of unknown causes at the age of 64 in Goetheanum, Dornach, Solothurn, Switzerland.

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(x) 91 years ago Sunday 30th of March 1930 Sybilla Wil is attacked 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 Monday 30th of March 1931 Physician and cosmonout Aleksei Vasiliyevich Sorokin is born in Dobroye, Kursk Oblast, Russia.

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(+) 84 years ago Tuesday 30th of March 1937 Child killer Lucien Léger aka L'étrangleur nº 1 is born in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 84 years ago Tuesday 30th of March 1937 Actor Warren Beatty, originally Henry Warren Beaty is born in Richmond, Virginia, United States.

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(-) 78 years ago Tuesday 30th of March 1943 Triple murderer William Lonas Hedden is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 44 in Tennessee State Prison, Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

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(+) 76 years ago Friday 30th of March 1945 Guitarist and singer-songwriter Eric Patrick Clapton aka Slowhand is born in Ripley, Surrey, United Kingdom.

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(+) 57 years ago Monday 30th of March 1964 Murderer John Kennedy Barefield is born in Houston, Texas, United States.

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(x) 46 years ago He Solved His Problem Sunday 30th of March 1975 41-year-old Mass murderer James Urban Ruppert shoots his entire family with a .357 Magnum pistol, two .22 caliber handguns and a rifle because his 65-year-old mother Charity was frustrated with her son's inability to hold a steady job and his constant drinking; she threatened to evict him in 635 Minor Avenue, Hamilton, Ohio, United States. The victims were his 65-year-old mother Charity, his 42-year-old brother Leonard II, his 38-year-old sister-in-law Alma and their children 17-year-old Leonard Jr., 16-year-old Michael, 15-year-old Thomas, 13-year-old Carol, 12-year-old Ann, 11-year-old David, 9-year-old Teresa and 4-year-old John.

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(x) 40 years ago Monday 30th of March 1981 Ronald Wilson Reagan is shot by would-be assassin John Hinckley in Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Besides Reagan, White House Press Secretary James Brady, Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy and police officer Thomas Delahanty were also wounded. All three survived but Brady suffered brain damage and was permanently disabled. Hinckley was suffering from erotomania and his motivation for the attack was born of his obsession with actress Jodie Foster.

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(-) 35 years ago Sunday 30th of March 1986 Actor James Francis Cagney dies of a heart attack at the age of 87 in Clinton Corners, Stanfordville, New York, United States.

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(-) 23 years ago Monday 30th of March 1998 Presumed multiple murderess Judy Judias V. Buenoano, originally Judias Welty aka Florida's Black Widow is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 55 in Florida State Prison, 23916 NW 83rd Ave., Raiford, Florida, United States. Buenoano was the first woman to be executed in Florida since 1848.

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(-) 22 years ago He Was Sent to His Maker Tuesday 30th of March 1999 Multiple murderer Robert Excell White aka Excell the Executioner is executed by lethal injection at the age of 61 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. White's final words were "Send me to my maker, warden."

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(-) 17 years ago He Had Three Mountain Dews Tuesday 30th of March 2004 Double murderer William Dean Wickline aka The Butcher is executed by lethal injection at the age of 52 in Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, Lucasville, Ohio, United States. Wickline's last meal request was for an eight-ounce filet mignon, medium rare, potato salad, six rolls with butter, fresh strawberries over shortcake and butter pecan ice cream. He also received four packs of Pall Mall cigarettes and six cans of pop, including three of Mountain Dew.

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36th year - N° 88 Monday, 29 March 2021

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36th year - N° 88 Monday, 29 March 2021

29 March / Today's 39 Events:

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(-) 338 years ago Monday 29th of March 1683 Arsonist Yaoya Oshichi is executed by burning at the stake at the age of 16 in Suzugamori, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan. In December 1682 Oshichi fell in love with temple page Ikuta Shōnosuke during the great fire at Shōsen-in. The next year she attempted arson, thinking she could meet him again if another fire occurred.

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(+) 231 years ago Monday 29th of March 1790 10th President of the United States John Tyler is born in Greenway Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, United States.

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(-) 132 years ago Friday 29th of March 1889 29-year-old Murderer William Francis Kemmler aka John Hart known for becoming the first man executed using an electric chair kills his wife Matilda 'Tilly' Ziegler with a hatchet in Buffalo, New York, United States. Kemmler was sentenced to death and became the first man to be executed by use of the electric chair, a device invented in 1881 by Buffalo dentist Alfred Southwick which, after nine years of development and legislation, was ready for use.

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(-) 130 years ago Sunday 29th of March 1891 Painter Georges Pierre Seurat dies of meningitis, pneumonia, infectious angina or diphtheria at the age of 32 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 120 years ago Friday 29th of March 1901 Mass murderer Theodore Franz Wallert is executed by hanging in Gaylord, Minnesota, United States. Wallert was sentenced to death for the butchery of his wife Sophia and four step-children Justus, Helene, Reinhold and Annie Steinborne near Arlington on 20 August 1900.

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(+) 110 years ago He Was the New Messiah Wednesday 29th of March 1911 Founder of the Wisdom, Knowledge, Faith and Love Fountain of the World cult Krishna Venta, originally Francis Herman Pencovic is born in San Francisco, California, United States.

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(-) 109 years ago Friday 29th of March 1912 Arctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott dies in a snow storm at the age of 44 in One Ton Depot, Ross Ice Shelf, Ross Archipelago, Antarctica.

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(-) 104 years ago Thursday 29th of March 1917 Murderer Leo George O'Donnell is executed by hanging by John Ellis at the age of 22 in Winchester Prison, Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 99 years ago Wednesday 29th of March 1922 Victim of John Christie aka The Strangler of 10 Rillington Place Ruth Fuerst is born in Wien, Wien, Austria.

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(+) 87 years ago Thursday 29th of March 1934 Mass murderer James Urban Ruppert is born in Hamilton, Ohio, United States.

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(+) 82 years ago His Name Was Nobody Wednesday 29th of March 1939 Actor and film director Terence Hill, originally Mario Girotti is born in Venezia, Veneto, Italy.

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(+) 77 years ago Wednesday 29th of March 1944 Terry Terrence Ross Jacks known for his hit song ‘Seasons in the Sun’ is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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(+) 72 years ago Tuesday 29th of March 1949 Murderer John Arthur Spenkelink is born in Le Mars, Iowa, United States.

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(x) 70 years ago Thursday 29th of March 1951 33-year-old American Communist and Soviet spy Julius Rosenberg and his 35-year-old wife Ethel are convicted to death for conspiracy to commit espionage in New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 67 years ago Monday 29th of March 1954 Karen Ann Quinlan aka The Coma Girl is born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Quinlan was born to a young unmarried woman of Irish American ancestry. A few weeks later she was adopted by devout Roman Catholics Joseph and Julia Quinlan.

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(+) 62 years ago Sunday 29th of March 1959 Murderer Charles Laverne Singleton is born in Hamburg, Arkansas, United States.

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(-) 60 years ago Wednesday 29th of March 1961 Murderer Jack Day is executed by hanging by Harry Allen at the age of 31 in Bedford Gaol, Bedford, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom.

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(x) 58 years ago Friday 29th of March 1963 69-year-old Multiple murderer Matthias Kindlinger aka Der Blaubart von Schrems is sentenced to life-imprisonment for the murder of his 5 wives and girlfriends in Krems an der Donau, Niederösterreich, Austria.

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(-) 58 years ago Friday 29th of March 1963 Carola Hannwacker is shot dead by serial killer Klaus Gosmann aka Der Mittagsmörder in Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany. Carola's 23-year-old son Helmut is also shot in the same event.

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(x) 51 years ago Sunday 29th of March 1970 Criminal hippy gang the Manson Family members Susan Atkins, Leslie Van Houten, Patricia Krenwinkel and leader Charles Manson are sentenced to death in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(x) 48 years ago He Never Returned as a Tourist Thursday 29th of March 1973 41-year-old Master Sergeant Max J. Beilke becomes the last American combat soldier to officially leave Vietnam in Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area, Vietnam. Beilke died in the 9/11 terror attack on the Pentagon in 2001.

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(-) 46 years ago Saturday 29th of March 1975 Keith D. Crotwell is abducted and killed by serial killer Randy Kraft aka The Scorecard Killer in Long Beach, California, United States. Crotwell's skull was found on 8 May in a jetty close to the Long Beach Marina. The remainder of his body was found six months later.

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(x) 44 years ago Fing Er Einen Fisch Tuesday 29th of March 1977 Paul Klee's 'Der Goldene Fisch' is attacked by 40-year-old Serial art vandal Hans-Joachim Bohlmann in Kunsthalle Hamburg, Glockengießerwall, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

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(x) 43 years ago Wednesday 29th of March 1978 44-year-old Serial killer Angelo Anthony Buono aka The Hillside Strangler marries 21-year-old Tai-Fun Fanny Leung in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(x) 39 years ago Monday 29th of March 1982 53-year-old Mass murderess Priscilla Joyce Ford is sentenced to death for six counts of murder and 23 counts of attempted murder in Reno, Nevada, United States. Ford's comment was: "I would like to be left alone to die in peace."

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(-) 39 years ago Monday 29th of March 1982 Composer Carl Heinrich Maria Orff known for his cantata Carmina Burana dies of cancer at the age of 87 in München, Bayern, Germany.

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(-) 37 years ago Thursday 29th of March 1984 Sheryl Lynn Bonaventura is abducted, tortured and killed by serial killer Christopher Wilder aka The Beauty Queen Killer in Mesa Mall, 2424 U.S. 6, Grand Junction, Colorado, United States.

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(-) 36 years ago Friday 29th of March 1985 Singer-songwriter Jeanine Deckers aka Sœur Sourire aka The Singing Nun commits suicide by an overdose of barbiturates and alcohol at the age of 52 in Green Horizons Apartment #47 B, 144 Chaussee de Bruxelles, Wavre, Brabant-Wallon, Belgium. Deckers committed suicide together with her companion of ten years Annie Pécher due to a depression after being harrassed for years by the Belgian tax-services.

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(x) 32 years ago Wednesday 29th of March 1989 Noise music band Club Moral play their 80th concert in Radio Militia, Paanhuisstraat 9, Diepenbeek, Limburg, Belgium.

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(x) 31 years ago Thursday 29th of March 1990 Germaine Montenesdro is shot by serial killer Heriberto Seda aka The New York Zodiac Killer in Bronx, New York, New York, United States.

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(+) 27 years ago Tuesday 29th of March 1994 Singer, songwriter, actress and K-pop star Choi Jin-ri aka Sulli is born in Busan, Yeongnam, North Korea.

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(x) 27 years ago Tuesday 29th of March 1994 35-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Wurger's Droom' in Linkeroever, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. On the location where the so-called 'Strangler of the Left Bank' committed a murder, I was hanging upside down between four trees. To my arms and legs I tied small hatchets and I pulled a plastic bag over my head. I hung there as long as I could. The performance was inspired by an ever recurring nightmare by the 'Strangler', with whom I kept an intense correspondence for several years.

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(-) 23 years ago Sunday 29th of March 1998 Tessy Evelyn Adodo is shot dead by serial killer Donato Bilancia aka Il Mostro della Liguria in Cogoleto, Liguria, Italy.

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(x) 21 years ago Wednesday 29th of March 2000 41-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Thai Boy Slim Foodstall' in Factor 44, Bleekhofstraat 44, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. During a documentary evening about the adventures of the Factor 44 artists in Bangkok I serviced a wayward version of my favourite Thai Foodstall in Taling Chan.

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19 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 29th of March 2002 Underground discoveries on unknown territories in Centraal Station, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium.

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(-) 18 years ago Saturday 29th of March 2003 Doctor and microbiologist Carlo Urbani known for identifying Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) dies of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) at the age of 47 in Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand.

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(-) 15 years ago Wednesday 29th of March 2006 Murderer Kevin Christopher Kincy is executed by lethal injection at the age of 38 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(-) 14 years ago He Asked to Be Murdered Thursday 29th of March 2007 Double murderer Roy Lee Pippin is executed by lethal injection at the age of 52 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Pippin's last words were "That's it. Warden, go ahead and murder me."

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(-) 1 years ago Sunday 29th of March 2020 Composer Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki dies of a long illness at the age of 87 in Kraków, Województwo Małopolskie, Poland.

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