38th year - N° 343 Saturday, 9 December 2023

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
38th year - N° 343 Saturday, 9 December 2023

9 December / Today's 20 Events:

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(-) 458 years ago Thursday 9th of December 1565 224th Pope Pius IV, originally Giovanni Angelo Medici dies of unknown causes at the age of 66 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(+) 415 years ago Tuesday 9th of December 1608 Poet, polemicist, man of letters and civil servant John Milton known for Paradise Lost is born in Bread Street, Cheapside, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 382 years ago Monday 9th of December 1641 Baroque painter Anthony van Dyck dies of unknown causes at the age of 42 in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 354 years ago Monday 9th of December 1669 238th Pope Clemens IX, originally Giulio Rospigliosi dies of a broken heart at the age of 69 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(+) 181 years ago Friday 9th of December 1842 Activist, revolutionary, scientist, geographer and philosopher Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin aka The Anarchist Prince is born in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.

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(-) 108 years ago Thursday 9th of December 1915 Criminologist Hans Gustav Adolf Gross dies of unknown causes at the age of 68 in Graz, Steiermark, Austria.

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(+) 105 years ago Monday 9th of December 1918 Actor Kirk Douglas, originally Issur Danielovitch is born in Amsterdam, New York, United States.

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(+) 96 years ago Il-y-avait une Messe Pour le Temps Présent Friday 9th of December 1927 Composer and electronic music pioneer Pierre Henry is born in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 94 years ago Monday 9th of December 1929 Actor and film director John Nicholas Cassavetes is born in New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 82 years ago Tuesday 9th of December 1941 Actor Beau Lloyd Vernet Bridges is born in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(+) 67 years ago Sunday 9th of December 1956 Religious extremist and mass murderer Baruch Kopel Goldstein known for the Cave of the Patriarchs Massacre is born in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States.

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(+) 66 years ago Monday 9th of December 1957 Victim of John Wayne Gacy aka The Killer Clown John Alan Szyc is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(+) 66 years ago He Was a Puppy of Love Monday 9th of December 1957 Teen idol Donny Donald Clark Osmond known for his hit song ‘Puppy Love’ is born in Ogden, Utah, United States.

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(-) 46 years ago Friday 9th of December 1977 David Talsma is strangled by serial killer John Wayne Gacy aka The Killer Clown in 8213 West Summerdale Avenue, Cook, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(x) 40 years ago Friday 9th of December 1983 32-year-old Serial killer Gerald Eugene Stano, originally Paul Zeininger aka Blind Fury is sentenced to death for one murder in Brevard County Courthouse, 506 South Palm Avenue, Titusville, Florida, United States. It was Stano's third death penalty.

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(x) 40 years ago Friday 9th of December 1983 Noise music band Club Moral play their 27th concert in Cirque Divers, 13, Rue Roture, Liège, Liège, Belgium.

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(x) 27 years ago Monday 9th of December 1996 Thirteenth bomb attack by 47-year-old Xenophobic serial bomber Franz Fuchs in Graz, Steiermark, Austria.

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(-) 26 years ago Tuesday 9th of December 1997 Serial killer Michael Lee Lockhart is executed by lethal injection at the age of 37 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Lockhart's last words were "a lot of people view what is happening here as evil, but I want you to know that I found love and compassion here. The people who work here, I thank them for the kindness they have shown me and I deeply appreciate all that has been done for me by the people who work here."

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(-) 24 years ago Thursday 9th of December 1999 Triple murderer James Lee Beathard is executed by lethal injection at the age of 42 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Beathard's last meal request was for fried catfish, fried chicken, french fries, onion rings, green salad, fresh carrots, and Coke.

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(-) 2 years ago Thursday 9th of December 2021 Film director Lina Wertmüller, originally Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spañol von Braueich dies of natural causes at the age of 95 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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