39th year - N° 231 Sunday, 18 August 2024

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39th year - N° 231 Sunday, 18 August 2024

18 August / Today's 25 Events:

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(-) 1584 years ago Saturday 18th of August 0440 44th Pope Sixtus III dies of unknown causes at the age of 50 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(-) 797 years ago Wednesday 18th of August 1227 1st Khagan of the Mongol Empire Genghis Khan, originally Temüjin dies of injuries suffered when falling off his horse at the age of 65 in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. The exact cause of Khan's death remains a mystery and is variously attributed to being killed in action against the Western Xia, illness, falling from his horse or wounds sustained in hunting or battle.

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(-) 748 years ago Tuesday 18th of August 1276 186th Pope Hadrianus V, originally Ottobuono de' Fieschi dies of natural causes at the age of 66 in Viterbo, Lazio, Italy.

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(-) 521 years ago No Devotee Dared to Kiss His Feet Tuesday 18th of August 1503 214th Pope Alexander VI, originally Roderic Llançol i de Borja dies of fever at the age of 72 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. According to historian Raphael Volterrano "It was a revolting scene to look at that deformed, blackened corpse, prodigiously swelled, and exhaling an infectious smell; his lips and nose were covered with brown drivel, his mouth was opened very widely, and his tongue, inflated by poison,... therefore no fanatic or devotee dared to kiss his feet or hands, as custom would have required."

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(-) 465 years ago Tuesday 18th of August 1559 223rd Pope Paulus IV, originally Gian Pietro Carafa dies of ill health at the age of 83 in Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(-) 390 years ago Friday 18th of August 1634 Priest and philanderer Urbain Grandier aka The Devil of Loudun is executed by burning at the stake at the age of 44 in Loudun, Poitou-Charentes, France. Grandier supposedly bewitched an entire Ursuline nun convent into debauchery.

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(-) 174 years ago Sunday 18th of August 1850 Writer and playwright Honoré de Balzac known for La Comédie Humaine dies of peritonitis and gangrene at the age of 51 in 18 Rue Fortunée, VIIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. de Balzac's face was swollen up and had turned black.

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(+) 157 years ago Sunday 18th of August 1867 Geographer, artillery officer, cartographer, archaeologist and explorer of South America Percy Percival Harrison Fawcett is born in Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom.

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(x) 105 years ago Monday 18th of August 1919 26-year-old Serial killer Friedrich Schumann aka Der Massenmörder vom Falkenhager See shoots 52-year-old forester Wilhelm Nielbock in Hohenhorster Weg, Falkensee, Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Earlier that day Schumann had already shot an unidentified man on his bicycle on Spandauer Chaussee. Before succombing, Nielbock also fired a hailshot at Schumann. When Schumann went to see a doctor two days later, he was arrested.

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(+) 102 years ago Friday 18th of August 1922 Film director Alain Robbe-Grillet is born in Brest, Bretagne, France.

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(+) 91 years ago Friday 18th of August 1933 Film director Roman Polanski, originally Rajmund Roman Thierry Polański is born in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 90 years ago Saturday 18th of August 1934 Attorney and writer Vincent T. Bugliosi known for prosecuting Charles Manson is born in Hibbing, Minnesota, United States.

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(+) 88 years ago Tuesday 18th of August 1936 Kidnapper and murderer Arthur Hosein is born in Dow, California, Trinidad and Tobago.

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(+) 88 years ago Tuesday 18th of August 1936 Actor and film director Robert Charles Redford aka The Godfather of Indie Film is born in Santa Monica, California, United States.

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(x) 77 years ago Monday 18th of August 1947 147 die in storage depot explosion in Base de Defensas Submarinas, Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain. Some 1.737 sea mines, torpedoes and depth charges containing 200 tonnes of TNT and amatol, exploded for unknown reasons.

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(x) 66 years ago Monday 18th of August 1958 The novel 'Lolita' by 59-year-old Writer Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov aka Vladimir Sirin known for Lolita is first published in America by G.P. Putnam's Sons in New York City, New York, United States. Lolita sold 100.000 copies in the first three weeks of publication.

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(x) 55 years ago Monday 18th of August 1969 64-year-old Murderess Winnie Ruth Judd aka The Trunk Murderess is arrested in San Francisco after a six-year period of escape in Arizona State Hospital, 2500 E. Van Buren, Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Judd became a live-in maid for a wealthy family living in a mansion overlooking the bay using the name Marian Lane.

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(-) 47 years ago Thursday 18th of August 1977 19-year-old Marie Alice Hovarter and 19-year-old Juanita Joanne Johnson are killed when a car plows into a group of several hundred 42-year-old Singer and actor Elvis Aaron Presley aka The King of Rock and Roll fans that were holding a vigil outside the gates of Graceland in Graceland, 3764 Elvis Presley Boulevard, Whitehaven, Memphis, Tennessee, United States.

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(x) 39 years ago Sunday 18th of August 1985 Over 300 die in ferry capsizing in Songhua River, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. The passengers had all rushed to one side to watch a fistfight onboard.

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(-) 35 years ago Friday 18th of August 1989 Murderer Herbert Lee Richardson is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 43 in Holman Correctional Facility, Ross Road, Atmore, Alabama, United States.

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(-) 25 years ago Wednesday 18th of August 1999 Murderer Joe Mario Trevino is executed by lethal injection at the age of 37 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(x) 21 years ago Monday 18th of August 2003 44-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV plays at the Leo Art Project in Ruangrupa, Jalan Tebet Barat Dalam 1/26, Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia.

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21 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 18th of August 2003 A devoted fan with a dubious t-shirt at Ruangrupa in Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia.

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(x) 19 years ago Thursday 18th of August 2005 60-year-old Serial killer Dennis Lynn Rader aka The BTK Killer is sentenced to 10 consecutive life sentences with a minimum of 175 years in Wichita, Kansas, United States.

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18 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 18th of August 2006 Our cat Harry helping out with archiving Club Moral documents in Oudstrijdersstraat 35, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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