Thursday, February 29, 2024

39th year - N° 60 Thursday, 29 February 2024

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39th year - N° 60 Thursday, 29 February 2024

29 February / Today's 8 Events:
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556 years ago

Saturday 29th of February 1468

220th Pope Paulus III, originally Alessandro Farnese is born in Canino, Lazio, Italy.


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232 years ago

Wednesday 29th of February 1792

Composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini is born in Pesaro, Marche, Italy.


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160 years ago

Monday 29th of February 1864

Outsider artist Adolf Wölfli is born in Bern, Mittelland, Switzerland.


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116 years ago

Saturday 29th of February 1908

Artist Balthasar Kłossowski, originally Kłossowski de Rola aka Balthus is born in Paris, Île-de-France, France.


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68 years ago

Wednesday 29th of February 1956

Serial killer Aileen Carol Wuornos, originally Pittman aka The Florida Highway Killer is born in Rochester, Michigan, United States.


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68 years ago

Wednesday 29th of February 1956

Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Johannes Thimme is born in Erlangen, Bayern, Germany.


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64 years ago The Bullet Traced his Head

Monday 29th of February 1960

FBI Special Agent Melvin Horace Purvis aka Little Mel commits suicide by a shot in the head at the age of 57 in Florence, South Carolina, United States.

Purvis died from a gunshot wound to the head fired from the pistol given to him by fellow agents when he resigned from the FBI. A later investigation suggested that Purvis may have shot himself accidentally while trying to extract a tracer bullet jammed in the pistol.


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28 years ago

Thursday 29th of February 1996

123 die in Faucett Boeing 737-222 Flight 251 crash in Rodríguez Ballón International Airport, Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru.


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