39th year - N° 31 Wednesday, 31 January 2024

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39th year - N° 31 Wednesday, 31 January 2024

31 January / Today's 32 Events:

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(-) 418 years ago Tuesday 31st of January 1606 Catholic conspirator Guy Guido Fawkes known planning the Gunpowder Plot is executed by hanging at the age of 36 in Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 227 years ago Tuesday 31st of January 1797 Composer Franz Peter Schubert is born in Nussdorfer Straße 54, Himmelpfortgrund, Wien, Wien, Austria.

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(+) 220 years ago Tuesday 31st of January 1804 Ex-convict turned prospering businessman César-Joseph Guillaume Regnault known for inspiring Victor Hugo’s novel ‘Jean Valjean’ is born in XIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 173 years ago Friday 31st of January 1851 Double murderer Reuben Dunbar is executed by hanging at the age of 22 in New York Hospital, New York City, New York, United States. Dunbar killed his two nephews 9-year-old David and 7-year-old Stephen V. Lester in Westerlo on 28 September 1850.

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(+) 103 years ago Monday 31st of January 1921 Tenor and actor Mario Lanza, originally Alfred Arnold Cocozza is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(+) 101 years ago Wednesday 31st of January 1923 Writer Norman Kingsley Mailer is born in Long Branch, New Jersey, United States.

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(+) 87 years ago Sunday 31st of January 1937 Minimal composer Philip Morris Glass is born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

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(+) 85 years ago Tuesday 31st of January 1939 Foot fetishist and serial killer Jerry Jerome Henry Brudos aka The Lust Killer is born in Webster, South Dakota, United States.

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(+) 83 years ago Friday 31st of January 1941 Founder and leader of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging Eugène Ney Terre'Blanche is born in Ventersdorp, Transvaal Province, South Africa.

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(+) 75 years ago Monday 31st of January 1949 Serial killer Robert Andrew 'Bob' Berdella aka The Kansas City Butcher is born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States.

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(-) 70 years ago He Didn't Dance to the Radio Sunday 31st of January 1954 Electrical engineer and inventor Edwin Howard Armstrong known inventing frequency modulation (FM) radio transmission commits suicide by jumping from the thirteenth floor of his apartment at the age of 64 in New York City, New York, United States. Armstrong was financially broken and mentally beaten after years of legal tussles with RCA over the FM patent dispute.

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(+) 70 years ago He Was Born a Human Sunday 31st of January 1954 Murderer Joseph Paul Jernigan known from the Visible Human Project is born in Geneva, Illinois, United States.

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(-) 69 years ago Monday 31st of January 1955 Leader of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) John Raleigh Mott dies of natural causes at the age of 90 in Orlando, Florida, United States.

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(+) 68 years ago Tuesday 31st of January 1956 Musician John Joseph Lydon aka Johnny Rotten known from the Sex Pistols is born in Benwell Road, Holloway, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 60 years ago Friday 31st of January 1964 27-year-old Serial killer Vladimir Ionesyan aka Mosgaz aka Iwan the Axeman is sentenced to death for five murders in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia. With the proceeds of his crimes Ionesyan supported his former‐ballerina girlfriend Alevtina Dmitrieva. She was sentenced to 15 years as his accomplice.

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(-) 57 years ago Tuesday 31st of January 1967 Bozena Raczkiewicz is killed and mutilated by serial killer Łucjan Staniak aka The Red Spider of Katowice in Łódź, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland. The neck of the bottle used to violate and mutilate Rackiewicz bore Staniak's fingerprints. He was arrested a few days later.

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(-) 55 years ago Friday 31st of January 1969 Spiritual master Meher Baba, originally Merwan Sheriar Irani aka Avatar dies of intense muscular spasms that had no clear origin at the age of 75 in Meherazad, Pimpalgaon, Maharashtra, India.

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(-) 50 years ago Thursday 31st of January 1974 Film producer Samuel Goldwyn, originally Szmuel Gelbfisz aka Samuel Goldfish dies of natural causes at the age of 95 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(-) 49 years ago Friday 31st of January 1975 Clyde Hays is stabbed to death by serial killer Vaughn Greenwood aka The Skid Row Slasher in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(-) 46 years ago Tuesday 31st of January 1978 Elena Rytka is hammered and stabbed to death by serial killer Peter Sutcliffe aka The Yorkshire Ripper in Great Northern Street, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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(x) 45 years ago Wednesday 31st of January 1979 50-year-old Serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate is released from a psychiatric hospital after serving 5 months for sodomising a 16-year-old boy in Norfolk Regional Center, Norfolk, Nebraska, United States.

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(-) 38 years ago Friday 31st of January 1986 Virginie Labrette is tortured and killed by serial killer Thierry Paulin aka Le Tueur de la Pleine Lune in 25 rue de Wattignies, XIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 37 years ago Saturday 31st of January 1987 Artist and activist with Femen Oksana Shachko is born in Khmelnytskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine.

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(-) 29 years ago Tuesday 31st of January 1995 Murderer Willie Ray Williams is executed by lethal injection at the age of 39 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(-) 29 years ago Tuesday 31st of January 1995 Murderer Clifton Charles Russell is executed by lethal injection at the age of 34 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(x) 28 years ago Wednesday 31st of January 1996 91 die in Central Bank bomb explosion in Central Bank, Colombo, Basnahira Palata, Sri Lanka. Another 1400 people are injured when a commando of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam crash a lorry containing about 440 pounds of high explosives through the main gate. The suicide bombers were Raju, Subramanium Vigneswaram aka Kittu and Sivasamy Dharmendra aka Raju.

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(x) 24 years ago Monday 31st of January 2000 88 die in Alaska Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 Flight 261 crash in Point Mugu, Anacapa Island, California, United States. Due to the extreme impact forces, very few bodies were found intact. All occupants were identified using fingerprints, dental records, tattoos, personal items, and anthropological examination.

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(-) 22 years ago Thursday 31st of January 2002 Cop killer Randall Wayne Hafdahl aka Jack Douglas Cone is executed by lethal injection at the age of 49 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Hafdahl's last meal request was for chef salad with ranch dressing, double meat cheese burger (all the way), french fries, ketchup and a chocolate shake.

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(-) 18 years ago Tuesday 31st of January 2006 Double murderer Jaime Elizalde is executed by lethal injection at the age of 35 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Elizalde's last meal request was for fried chicken, onion rings, French fries, two bowls of peach cobbler, two milk shakes and two glasses of orange juice.

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17 years ago The Eyes had it Wednesday 31st of January 2007 The neon sign on top of the Central Railway Station in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

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(x) 15 years ago Saturday 31st of January 2009 113 die in overturned truck oil spill ignition in Molo, Nakuru, Kenya. The incident occurred when onlookers attempted to obtain remnants of the spilled fuel for personal use.

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(-) 12 years ago Tuesday 31st of January 2012 Artist Mike Michael Kelley commits suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning at the age of 58 in South Pasadena, California, United States.

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39th year - N° 30 Tuesday, 30 January 2024

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39th year - N° 30 Tuesday, 30 January 2024

30 January / Today's 42 Events:

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(x) 189 years ago Friday 30th of January 1835 68-year-old 7th President of the United States Andrew Jackson aka Old Hickory escapes the first ever assassination attempt on a sitting president when 35-year-old unemployed house painter from England Richard Lawrence his two pistols both misfire in United States Capitol, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Historians believe the humid weather contributed to the double misfiring. Lawrence was restrained and legend says that Jackson attacked Lawrence with his cane. Others present, including David Crockett, restrained and disarmed Lawrence.

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177 years ago

Saturday 30th of January 1847

Wife of Edgar Allan Poe Virginia Eliza Clemm dies of tuberculosis at the age of 25 in Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, New York, New York, United States.

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(+) 175 years ago Tuesday 30th of January 1849 7th President of France Félix François Faure is born in Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis, Xe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 142 years ago Monday 30th of January 1882 32nd President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt is born in 4097 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, New York, United States.

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(-) 135 years ago Wednesday 30th of January 1889 Juliette Deitsch is overdosed with chloroform by sex killer Etienne Deschamps aka The Magnetic Doctor in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Deschamps maintained that he had powers of the occult and told a friend of his that he was close to being able to use these powers to identify the whereabouts of some lost treasure. All he needed was a 12 year old virgin. His friend Jules Deitsch agreed to allow his own 12-year-old daughter Juliette to help him. Over a period of six months the girl attended these sessions where she would be hypnotised. What in fact happened was that Deschamps would use chlorform to induce unconciousness and then sexually assault Juliette.

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(-) 135 years ago Wednesday 30th of January 1889 Crown Prince of Austria Rudolf von Österreich-Ungarn, originally Rudolf Franz Karl Joseph von Habsburg-Lorraine commits suicide by a shot through the head at the age of 31 in Jagdschloss Mayerling, Mayerling, Niederösterreich, Austria. Rudolf first shot his 17-year-old lover baroness Mary Vetsera and then took his own life. There is no question that the depression-prone Rudolf and Mary had a suicide-pact because his father wanted them to end their affair.

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(x) 119 years ago Monday 30th of January 1905 50-year-old Bigamist and multiple murderer Johann Otto Hoch, originally John Schmidt aka The Bluebeard Murderer is arrested in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Hoch is indicted for bigamy with the alleged number of wives to be twenty-nine.

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(+) 109 years ago Saturday 30th of January 1915 Standartenführer der Waffen-SS Joachim Peiper aka Jochen is born in Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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(+) 97 years ago Sunday 30th of January 1927 26th Prime Minister of Sweden Olof Sven Joachim Palme is born in Östermalm, Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden.

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(+) 94 years ago Thursday 30th of January 1930 Vorstandssprecher der Deutschen Bank Alfred Herrhausen is born in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(+) 94 years ago Thursday 30th of January 1930 Tire salesman and would-be assassin Samuel Joseph Byck known for attempting to assassinate President Richard Nixon is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(+) 94 years ago Thursday 30th of January 1930 Actor Gene Eugene Allen Hackman is born in San Bernardino, California, United States.

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(x) 91 years ago Monday 30th of January 1933 44-year-old Führer and Reichskanzler of Germany Adolf Hitler is appointed as Reichskanzler in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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(+) 87 years ago Saturday 30th of January 1937 Actress and political activist Vanessa Redgrave is born in Greenwich, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 79 years ago Tuesday 30th of January 1945 Triple murderer James Emery Paster aka Skip is born in Hamilton, Ohio, United States.

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(-) 78 years ago Wednesday 30th of January 1946 Executioner Carl Franz Friedrich Gröpler aka Der Rote Richter dies of unknown causes at the age of 78 in Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. During his career as an executioner Gröpler executed 144 people, by the axe and the Guillotine.

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(+) 77 years ago Thursday 30th of January 1947 Musician Steve Stephen Peter Marriott known from the Small Faces is born in East Ham Hospital, Shrewsbury Road, Forest Gate, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 76 years ago Friday 30th of January 1948 Aviation pioneer Orville Wright dies of a heart attack at the age of 77 in Dayton, Ohio, United States.

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(-) 76 years ago He Met Violence Friday 30th of January 1948 Indian nationalist leader Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi aka The Apostle of Non-violence is assassinated by 38-year-old extremist Hindu Nathuram Godse at the age of 79 in Birla House, New Delhi, Delhi, India. Gandhi was on his way to address a prayer meeting when his assassin fired three bullets from a Beretta 9mm 1934 semi-automatic pistol into his chest at point-blank range.

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(-) 73 years ago Tuesday 30th of January 1951 Automobile designer and manufacturer Ferdinand Porsche dies of a stroke at the age of 76 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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(+) 73 years ago Tuesday 30th of January 1951 Musician Phil Philip David Charles Collins is born in Chiswick, West London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 71 years ago Friday 30th of January 1953 Murderer Albert W. Karnes is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 24 in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States.

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(x) 55 years ago Thursday 30th of January 1969 The Beatles play their last public concert on the roof of their record company in Apple Corps Ltd, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. In a 42-minute set the Beatles played nine takes of five songs before the Metropolitan Police Service forced them to stop.

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(-) 53 years ago Saturday 30th of January 1971 Donald Wayne Waldrop is raped, tortured and strangled by serial killer Dean Corll aka The Candyman in . Donald was lured with his brother Jerry on their way to visit a bowling alley by David Brooks into Corll's apartment.

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(-) 53 years ago Saturday 30th of January 1971 Jerry Lynn Waldrop is raped, tortured and strangled by serial killer Dean Corll aka The Candyman in 3200 Mangum Road, Houston, Texas, United States. Jerry was lured with his brother Donald on their way to visit a bowling alley by David Brooks into Corll's apartment.

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(x) 52 years ago Sunday 30th of January 1972 37-year-old Serial killer Joseph Kallinger, originally Joseph Lee Brenner III aka The Shoemaker is arrested and charged with child abuse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(x) 52 years ago Sunday was Bloody Sunday 30th of January 1972 26 civil rights protesters and bystanders are shot by soldiers of the British Army during the Bloody Sunday events in Bogside, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Thirteen males, seven of whom were teenagers, died immediately or soon after.

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(x) 50 years ago Wednesday 30th of January 1974 97 die in Pan American World Airways Boeing 707-321B Flight 806 crash in Tafuna Airport, Pago Pago, American Samoa, United States. There were four survivors.

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(x) 47 years ago Sunday 30th of January 1977 Christine Freund is shot dead by serial killer David Berkowitz aka Son of Sam in Queens, New York, New York, United States. Freund and her 30-year-old lover John Diel were sitting in Diel's car preparing to drive to a dance hall after having seen the movie Rocky. Three gunshots penetrated the car at about 12:40 a.m. In a panic Diel drove away for help. He suffered minor superficial injuries but Freund died several hours later at the hospital.

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(-) 44 years ago Wednesday 30th of January 1980 Mary Carol Maher is stabbed and choked to death by serial killer Gerald Stano aka Blind Fury in Daytona, Florida, United States.

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(-) 39 years ago Wednesday 30th of January 1985 Cop killer James David Raulerson is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 35 in Florida State Prison, 23916 NW 83rd Ave., Raiford, Florida, United States.

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(-) 37 years ago Friday 30th of January 1987 Murderer Ramon Pedro Hernandez is executed by lethal injection at the age of 45 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Hernandez' last meal request was for beef tacos, beef enchiladas, jalapeno peppers, salad onion, hot sauce, shredded cheese and coffee.

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(x) 31 years ago Saturday 30th of January 1993 Over 140 die in passenger train plunge into a river in Darajani, Makueni, Kenya. The bridge on the main rail line from the Indian Ocean resort of Mombasa to Kisumu had been eroded by the raging flash floods and collapsed under the weight of the train.

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(-) 30 years ago Sunday 30th of January 1994 Writer Pierre François-Marie-Louis Boulle known for Planet of the Apes dies of natural causes at the age of 82 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(x) 28 years ago Tuesday 30th of January 1996 Marusina, her two sons and a 32-year-old visitor named Zagranichniy are shot dead by 37-year-old Serial killer Anatoly Yuriyovych Onoprienko aka The Terminator aka Citizen O in Fastova, Kievskaya Oblast, Ukraine.

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(-) 26 years ago He Was Going Home Friday 30th of January 1998 Murderer Ricky Lee Sanderson is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 39 in Raleigh State Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Sanderson said "Thank you Jesus, I'm going home'' as he waited patiently for his death.

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25 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 30th of January 1999 My daily ferry ride across the river coming from Taling Chan to my studio in Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand.

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(-) 22 years ago He Came to Do the Lord's Will Wednesday 30th of January 2002 Double murderer Windell Broussard is executed by lethal injection at the age of 42 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Broussard's last meal request was for smothered chicken and rice, pinto bens with salt pork, corn, homemade rolls and pecan pie. His last words were "I just want everyone to know this here is a tragedy. What happened to Dianna, Corey, and what is happening to me, is a tragedy. Here I am Lord, I have come to do your will."

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(-) 21 years ago He Had Always Been a Nice Person Thursday 30th of January 2003 Murderer Granville Riddle is executed by lethal injection at the age of 34 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Riddle's last meal request was for steak, baked potato, cherry cheesecake, salad, blue cheese dressing, rolls, Coke, coffee, strawberries, and oranges. His last words were "I would like to say to the world, I have always been a nice person. I have never been mean-hearted or cruel. I wish everybody well." On 9 October 1988 Riddle entered 39-year-old Ronnie Hood Bennett's home and used a tire iron to strike Bennett on the head at least 15 times, imbedding the tire iron into Bennett's sku ll and causing his death.

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(x) 18 years ago Monday 30th of January 2006 Start of the trial against 57-year-old Serial killer Robert William 'Willie' Pickton aka The Pig Farmer Killer in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. Pickton pleaded not guilty to 27 charges of first-degree murder. In 2007 Pickton confessed to forty-nine murders to an undercover police officer posing as a cellmate.

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(-) 17 years ago Tuesday 30th of January 2007 Double murderer Christopher Jay Swift is executed by lethal injection at the age of 32 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Swift's last meal request was for a medium-well done steak with sauce, a salad with ranch dressing, cheddar cheese and bacon bits, a baked potato with sour cream, two slices of apple pie, three large rolls, two Cokes and a cup of coffee.

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(x) 5 years ago She Had Potential for Future Violence Wednesday 30th of January 2019 The California Board of Prison Terms denies parole to 70-year-old Manson Family member Leslie Louise Van Houten aka Lulu in California Institution for Women, Chino, California, United States. In June 2019 Governor Gavin Newsom overruled the parole board's recommendation, claiming that Van Houten was still a "danger to society" and that she had "potential for future violence".

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