39th year - N° 360 Wednesday, 25 December 2024

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39th year - N° 360 Wednesday, 25 December 2024

25 December / Today's 41 Events:

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(-) 1229 years ago Monday 25th of December 0795 95th Pope Hadrianus I dies of unknown causes at the age of 95 in Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(+) 382 years ago Thursday 25th of December 1642 Mathematician, physicist, astronomer and theologian Isaac Newton is born in Woolsthorpe Manor, Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, United States.

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(+) 152 years ago Wednesday 25th of December 1872 Cosmetics entrepreneur Helena Chaja Rubinstein is born in Kraków, Województwo Małopolskie, Poland.

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(+) 146 years ago Wednesday 25th of December 1878 Racer and automobile manufacterer Louis-Joseph Chevrolet is born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

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(+) 139 years ago Friday 25th of December 1885 Actor John Bowers, originally John E. Bowersox is born in Garrett, Indiana, United States.

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(+) 137 years ago Sunday 25th of December 1887 Hotelier Conrad Nicholson Hilton is born in San Antonio, New Mexico, United States.

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(-) 133 years ago Friday 25th of December 1891 Julia Connor is murdered by serial killer Henry Howard Holmes aka The Torture Doctor in Holmes Castle, S. Wallace and W. 63rd Street, Englewood, Chicago, Illinois, United States. Connor died of chlorophorm poisoning in an abortion attempt. Holmes also killed Connor's 8-year-old daughter Pearl.

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(+) 131 years ago Monday 25th of December 1893 Murderess Edith Jessie Thompson, originally Graydon is born in 97 Norfolk Road, Dalston, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 127 years ago Saturday 25th of December 1897 Mary Isabella Spink is poisoned with tartar-emetic by serial poisoner George Chapman aka The Borough Poisoner in Leytonstone, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 125 years ago Monday 25th of December 1899 Actor Humphrey DeForest Bogart is born in New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 116 years ago Friday 25th of December 1908 Raconteur Quentin Crisp, originally Denis Charles Pratt is born in Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom. Pratt changed his name to Quentin Crisp in his twenties after leaving home and cultivating his effeminate appearance to a standard that both shocked contemporary Londoners and provoked homophobic attacks.

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(+) 113 years ago Monday 25th of December 1911 Artist Louise Joséphine Bourgeois aka Spiderwoman is born in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 110 years ago Friday 25th of December 1914 Murderer Grady B. Cole is born in Mississippi, United States.

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(+) 106 years ago Wednesday 25th of December 1918 3rd President of Egypt Anwar Sadat, originally Muḥammad Anwar as-Sādāt is born in Mit Abu al-Kum, el-Menofeyya, Egypt.

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(+) 100 years ago Thursday 25th of December 1924 Screenwriter, television producer and narrator Rod Rodman Edward Serling known from The Twilight Zone is born in Syracuse, New York, United States.

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(+) 99 years ago Friday 25th of December 1925 Writer Carlos Castaneda is born in Cajamarca, Cajamarca, Peru.

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(-) 78 years ago He Winked and Smiled and Died Wednesday 25th of December 1946 Comedian, actor and juggler W. C. Fields, originally William Claude Dukenfield dies of alcohol-related gastric hemorrhage at the age of 66 in Las Encinas Sanatorium, 2900 E Del Mar Blvd, Pasadena, California, United States. Carlotta Monti wrote that in Fields' final moments she used a garden hose to spray water onto the roof over his bedroom to simulate his favorite sound of falling rain.

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(+) 77 years ago Thursday 25th of December 1947 Victim of Norman John Collins aka The Michigan Coed Killer Alice Elizabeth Kalom is born in Middlebury, Indiana, United States.

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(+) 75 years ago Sunday 25th of December 1949 Actress Sissy Mary Elizabeth Spacek is born in Quitman, Texas, United States.

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(x) 72 years ago Thursday 25th of December 1952 47-year-old Murderess Winnie Ruth Judd aka The Trunk Murderess escapes in Arizona State Hospital, 2500 E. Van Buren, Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It was Judd's sixth attempt to escape and she was recaptured 46 hours later.

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(-) 67 years ago Wednesday 25th of December 1957 Film pioneer Charles Pathé dies of natural causes at the age of 94 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco.

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(+) 63 years ago Monday 25th of December 1961 Son of Joseph Kallinger aka The Shoemaker Michael Kallinger is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(x) 53 years ago Saturday 25th of December 1971 167 die in Taeyunkak Hotel fire in Seoul, Seoul National Capital Area, South Korea.

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(+) 47 years ago Sunday 25th of December 1977 Doctor and a double agent suicide bomber Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi aka Abu Dujana al-Khurasani is born in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

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(-) 47 years ago Sunday 25th of December 1977 Actor and film director Charles Spencer Chaplin dies of a stroke at the age of 88 in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland.

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(-) 42 years ago Saturday 25th of December 1982 John R. Johnson is beaten and stabbed to death by serial killer Larry Eyler aka The Leather Boy Killer in Belshaw, Indiana, United States.

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(+) 41 years ago Sunday 25th of December 1983 Son of Manson Family member Tex Watson Benjamin Charles Watson is born in San Luis Obispo, California, United States.

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(-) 41 years ago Sunday 25th of December 1983 Artist Joan Miró, originally Joan Miró i Ferrà dies of heart failure at the age of 90 in Palma de Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Spain.

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(-) 35 years ago Monday 25th of December 1989 General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party Nicolae Ceaușescu aka The Genius of the Carpathians is executed by the firing squad at the age of 71 in Târgoviște, Dâmbovița, Romania. Ceaușescu and his 70-year-old wife Elena had been sentenced to death by a People's Court. The Ceaușescus were executed by a gathering of soldiers including Captain Ionel Boeru, Sergeant-Major Georghin Octavian and Dorin-Marian Cîrlan.

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(-) 29 years ago Monday 25th of December 1995 Singer and actor Dean Martin, originally Dino Paul Crocetti aka The King of Cool dies of acute respiratory failure resulting from emphysema at the age of 78 in Beverly Hills, California, United States.

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(-) 28 years ago Wednesday 25th of December 1996 Child beauty queen JonBenét Patricia Ramsey is found killed by strangulation and a skull fracture at the age of 6 in 749 15th Street, Boulder, Colorado, United States. JonBenét was found covered in her special white blanket. There was a nylon cord around her neck, her wrists were tied above her head and her mouth was covered by duct tape. A garrote made from a length of cord and the broken handle of a paintbrush had been used to strangle JonBenét. The crime was never solved.

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(x) 26 years ago Friday 25th of December 1998 53-year-old Serial killer Dennis Andrew Nilsen aka Killing For Company is found drunk in his cell in Whitemoor Prison, March, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. It is thought Nilsen had been bingeing on homemade moonshine.

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25 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 25th of December 1999 Audio junkies repairing cassetteplayers, televisions, videorecorders and all kinds of electronic equipment in makeshift stalls on Thanon Damrong in Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand.

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(x) 24 years ago Monday 25th of December 2000 309 die in Dongdu building fire in Luoyang, Henan, China.

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(-) 18 years ago Monday 25th of December 2006 Multiple murderer Michio Fukuoka is executed by hanging at the age of 63 in Osaka, Kinki, Japan.

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(-) 18 years ago Monday 25th of December 2006 Singer-songwriter, dancer and bandleader James Joseph Brown aka The Godfather of Soul dies of congestive heart failure resulting from complications of pneumonia at the age of 73 in Emory Crawford Long Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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(-) 18 years ago Monday 25th of December 2006 Double murderer Yoshio Fujinami is executed by hanging at the age of 74 in Tokyo Detention House, Katsushika, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan. Unable to walk, Fujinami was taken to the gallows in a wheelchair.

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(-) 18 years ago Monday 25th of December 2006 Murderer Yoshimitsu Akiyama is executed by hanging at the age of 77 in Tokyo Detention House, Katsushika, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan. Struggling to walk and partially blind, Akiyama had to be helped by prison guards to the execution chamber

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(-) 18 years ago Monday 25th of December 2006 Serial killer Hiroaki Hidaka is executed by hanging at the age of 44 in 2-6 Kamihatchobori, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Chūgoku, Japan.

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(x) 15 years ago Friday 25th of December 2009 23-year-old Terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab aka Omar Farooq al-Nigeri aka The Underwear Bomber attempts to detonate PETN and TAPN plastic explosives hidden in his underwear aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam in Denver, Colorado, United States. Abdulmutallab spent about 20 minutes in the toilet as the flight approached Detroit and then covered himself with a blanket after returning to his seat. Other passengers then heard popping noises, smelled a foul odour and some saw Abdulmutallab's trouser leg and the wall of the plane on fire. Fellow passenger Jasper Schuringa jumped on Abdulmutallab and subdued him as flight attendants used fire extingu ishers to douse the flames. Two days after the attack Abdulmutallab was released from a hospital where he had been treated for first and second degree burns to his hands, and second degree burns to his right inner thigh and genitalia.

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(-) 4 years ago He Went Downtown Friday 25th of December 2020 Suicide bomber Anthony Quinn Warner dies in a suicide bombing at the age of 63 in 166 Second Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Warner blew himself to pieces in his Thor Motor Coach Chateau recreational vehicle, injuring eight people and damaging dozens of buildings. A broadcast from loudspeakers on the vehicle warned that there was a bomb inside and played snippets from the 1964 song 'Downtown' by Petula Clark. Prior to the explosion a 15-minute countdown was broadcast.

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