40th year - N° 65 Thursday, 6 March 2025

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40th year - N° 65 Thursday, 6 March 2025

6 March / Today's 37 Events:

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(x) 1393 years ago Tuesday 6th of March 0632 62-year-old Prophet and founder of Islam Muhammad, originally Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim delivers his Farewell Sermon aka Khuṭbatu l-Wadāʿ in Jabal 'Arafāt, Makkah l-Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia.

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(+) 550 years ago Saturday 6th of March 1475 Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect and poet Michelangelo, originally Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni is born in Caprese, Toscana, Italy.

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(+) 406 years ago Wednesday 6th of March 1619 Writer and duelist Cyrano de Bergerac, originally Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac is born in Rue des Deux-Portes, IIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. de Bergerac was baptised on this day, his birth date was not recorded.

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(+) 240 years ago Sunday 6th of March 1785 Serial poisoner Gesche Margarethe Gottfried, originally Margarethe Timm aka Der Engel von Bremen is born in Bremen, Freie Hansestadt Bremen, Germany. Gesche had a twin brother namen Johann.

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(x) 197 years ago Thursday 6th of March 1828 43-year-old Serial poisoner Gesche Margarethe Gottfried, originally Margarethe Timm aka Der Engel von Bremen is arrested and locked up in Detentionshaus am Ostertor, Bremen, Freie Hansestadt Bremen, Germany.

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(-) 189 years ago Sunday 6th of March 1836 Folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician Davy David Crockett aka King of the Wild Frontier is killed on the battlefield at the age of 50 in Misión de Álamo, San Antonio, Texas, United States.

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(+) 155 years ago Sunday 6th of March 1870 Serial killer Adolf Gustav Seefeldt aka Onkel Tick Tack is born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

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(+) 131 years ago Tuesday 6th of March 1894 Multiple murderer Raymond Lisenba aka Rattlesnake James is born in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.

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(-) 125 years ago Tuesday 6th of March 1900 Baby farmer and murderess Ada Chard Williams is executed by hanging at the age of 25 in Newgate Prison, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Williams was the last woman to be hanged in the yard of Newgate Prison.

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(-) 125 years ago Tuesday 6th of March 1900 Engineer and automobile developer Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler dies of unknown causes at the age of 66 in Cannstatt, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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(+) 117 years ago Friday 6th of March 1908 Actor and comedian Lou Costello, originally Louis Francis Cristillo known from Abbott and Costello is born in Paterson, New Jersey, United States.

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(+) 115 years ago Sunday 6th of March 1910 Murderer LeRoy Hershel McCarthy is born in Spokane, Washington, United States.

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(+) 99 years ago Saturday 6th of March 1926 Film and theatre director Andrzej Witold Wajda is born in Suwałki, Województwo Podlaskie, Poland.

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(+) 88 years ago Saturday 6th of March 1937 Cosmonaut Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova known for becoming the first woman in Space is born in Maslennikovo, Yaroslavi Oblast, Russia.

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(+) 84 years ago Was een Zonnige Dag Thursday 6th of March 1941 Serial killer Hans van Zon, originally Johannes Marinus van Zon is born in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.

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(-) 81 years ago Monday 6th of March 1944 Murderer Harvey Cunningham is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 38 in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States.

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(+) 72 years ago Friday 6th of March 1953 Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Wolfgang Grams is born in Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany.

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(x) 65 years ago Sunday 6th of March 1960 Joy Mellish is tied up and raped by Satan worshipper and serial rapist Edward Paisnel aka The Beast of Jersey in Portelet, Saint Brélade, Jersey, United Kingdom. Mellish survived.

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(+) 64 years ago Monday 6th of March 1961 Mass murderer Ramón Bojórquez Salcido is born in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico.

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(x) 61 years ago He Was Renamed Friday 6th of March 1964 Elijah Muhammed announces in a radio message that 22-year-old Boxer Muhammad Ali, originally Cassius Marcellus Clay has joined the Nation of Islam Black Muslims and renamed Muhammad (one who is worthy of praise) Ali (fourth rightly guided caliph) in New York City, New York, United States.

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(-) 58 years ago Monday 6th of March 1967 Composer Zoltán Kodály dies of natural causes at the age of 85 in Budapest, Közép-Magyarország, Hungary.

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(x) 55 years ago Friday 6th of March 1970 Three members of Radical left organisation the Weather Underground are killed while constructing a nailbomb in a townhouse in 18 West 11th Street, New York City, New York, United States. The killed Weathermen were 22-year-old Theodore Gold, 28-year-old Diana Oughton and 22-year-old Terry Robbins.

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(x) 55 years ago People Said He was no Good Friday 6th of March 1970 During a press conference, the release of the one and only record album 'Lie, The Love and Terror Cult' of Criminal hippy gang the Manson Family is announced in Spahn Ranch, 12000 Santa Susana Pass Road, Chatsworth, California, United States.

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(-) 52 years ago Tuesday 6th of March 1973 Writer Pearl S. Buck, originally Pearl Sydenstricker aka Sai Zhenzhu dies of lung cancer at the age of 81 in Danby, Vermont, United States.

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(x) 51 years ago Wednesday 6th of March 1974 Bomb attack by the Women's Brigade of Radical left organisation the Weather Underground to protest the sterilisation of poor women in Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, California, United States. In the accompanying communiqué the Women's Brigade argues for "the need for women to take control of daycare, healthcare, birth control and other aspects of women's daily lives."

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(x) 44 years ago Friday 6th of March 1981 31-year-old Vigilante Marianne Bachmeier aka The Revenge Mother shoots the confessed killer of her 7-year-old daughter Anna, 35-year-old convicted sex offender Klaus Grabowski, seven times in the back in Landgericht Lübeck, Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Bachmeier was convicted by the Circuit Court Chamber of the District Court Lübeck for manslaughter and sentenced for unlawful possession of a firearm to six years in prison on 2 March 1983 but was later released after serving three years.

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(x) 42 years ago Sunday 6th of March 1983 Noise music band Club Moral play their 23rd concert at the Nacht van de Industrie festival in Limelight, Persijnstraat 6, Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Also played: La Drolesse, Angst, AR/TE, Einstürzende Neubauten

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(x) 41 years ago Tuesday 6th of March 1984 An unidentified woman is raped by serial killer Bobby Joe Long aka The Adman Rapist in Port Richey, Florida, United States. The woman advertised her home for sale.

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(-) 39 years ago Thursday 6th of March 1986 Painter Georgia O'Keeffe aka The Mother of American Modernism dies of natural causes at the age of 99 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. O'Keefe's ashes were scattered on the land around her home and studio Ghost Ranch.

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(x) 38 years ago Friday 6th of March 1987 193 die in Herald of Free Enterprise ferry capsizing in Zeebrugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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(-) 35 years ago Tuesday 6th of March 1990 Performance artist Gina Pane dies of cancer at the age of 51 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 31 years ago Sunday 6th of March 1994 Serial killer Larry Eyler aka The Leather Boy Killer dies of AIDS at the age of 42 in Pontiac Correctional Center, Pontiac, Illinois, United States.

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(x) 23 years ago Wednesday 6th of March 2002 75-year-old Serial killer András Pándy aka Father Bluebeard  is sentenced to life in prison for killing six family members and dissolving their bodies in chemical drain cleaner in Brussel, Brabant, Belgium. His daughter Agnes Pándy is sentenced to 21 years imprisonment for being an accomplice in five of her father's murders.

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20 years ago The Eyes had it Sunday 6th of March 2005 Horse number 4 in the 'Ganzenrijden' contest in Lillo, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 18 years ago He Had His Boots on Like a Cowboy Tuesday 6th of March 2007 Double murderer Robert Anthony Martinez Perez is executed by lethal injection at the age of 49 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Perez was linked to at least 15 murders in San Antonio. Perez' final meal request was for five pieces of fried chicken, one double meat hamburger with cheese and onion, onion rings, three cheese and onion enchiladas, one onion, french fries, hot sauce, pico de gallo, jalapeno peppers and two cokes. His last words were "I am ready Warden. I got my boots on, like a cowboy."

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(-) 18 years ago Tuesday 6th of March 2007 Sociologist, philosopher and cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard dies of unknown causes at the age of 78 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 6 years ago Wednesday 6th of March 2019 Performance artist Carolee Schneemann dies of breast cancer at the age of 80 in New Paltz, New York, United States.

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40th year - N° 64 Wednesday, 5 March 2025

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40th year - N° 64 Wednesday, 5 March 2025

5 March / Today's 33 Events:

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(-) 210 years ago Sunday 5th of March 1815 Physician and inventor of animal magnetism Franz Anton Mesmer known for Mesmerism dies of unknown causes at the age of 81 in Meersburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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(-) 198 years ago Monday 5th of March 1827 Physicist, chemist and pioneer of electricity and power Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta known for SI unit of electric potential dies of unknown causes at the age of 82 in Camnago, Como, Lombardia, Italy.

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(+) 154 years ago Sunday 5th of March 1871 Revolutionary socialist and founder of the Spartacist Rote Fahne Rosa Luxemburg aka Rote Rosa is born in Zamość, Województwo Lubelskie, Poland.

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(+) 149 years ago Sunday 5th of March 1876 Would-be assassin John Flammang Schrank known for attempting to assassinate former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is born in Erding, Bayern, Germany.

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(+) 147 years ago Tuesday 5th of March 1878 Mathematician and esotericist Peter Pyotr Demianovich Ouspensky is born in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.

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(+) 123 years ago Wednesday 5th of March 1902 Victim of William Heirens aka Catch Me Before I Kill More Josephine Alice 'Josie' Lunde Ross is born in Hayfield, Minnesota, United States.

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(+) 117 years ago Thursday 5th of March 1908 Film and stage actor Rex Reginald Carey Harrison is born in Derry House, Tarbock Road, Huyton, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 115 years ago He Instantly Saw the Light Saturday 5th of March 1910 Inventor of instant noodles Momofuku Andō, originally Wu Pai-fu is born in Kagi, Jiāyì Xiàn, Taiwan.

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(x) 109 years ago She Sank in Five Minutes Sunday 5th of March 1916 445 die in Príncipe de Asturias ocean liner shipwreck in Ponta do Boi, Sao Sebastiao, São Paulo, Brazil.

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(+) 107 years ago Tuesday 5th of March 1918 Economist James Tobin known for the Tobin Tax is born in Champaign, Illinois, United States.

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(+) 103 years ago Sunday 5th of March 1922 Writer and film director Pier Paolo Pasolini is born in Via Borgonuovo 4, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

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(+) 101 years ago Wednesday 5th of March 1924 Lawyer, writer and political activist Jacques Vergès known from several legal cases for high-profile defendants charged with terrorism or war crimes is born in Ubon Ratchathani, Isan, Thailand.

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(+) 89 years ago Thursday 5th of March 1936 Actor Dean Robert Stockwell is born in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(+) 86 years ago Sunday 5th of March 1939 Actress Samantha Victoria Louise Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar is born in Hampstead, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 80 years ago Monday 5th of March 1945 Murderess Lena Baker is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 45 in Georgia State Prison, Georgia Highway 147, Reidsville, Georgia, United States. Baker was held as a 'slave woman' by her employer Ernest Knight and she shot him in self-defense during a struggle. Baker was the only woman in Georgia to be executed by electrocution.

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(+) 78 years ago Wednesday 5th of March 1947 Serial killer and companion to Henry Lee Lucas Ottis Elwood Toole is born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States.

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(-) 72 years ago Thursday 5th of March 1953 General secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, originally Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 74 in Volynskoe Dacha, Kuntsevo, Moscow Oblast, Russia.

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(-) 72 years ago Thursday 5th of March 1953 Composer, pianist and conductor Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 62 in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.

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(+) 71 years ago Friday 5th of March 1954 Kidnapper, rapist and murderer Barry Lee Fairchild is born in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States.

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(+) 68 years ago He Was Totally Wired Tuesday 5th of March 1957 Musician Mark E. Edward Smith known from The Fall is born in Broughton, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 65 years ago Saturday 5th of March 1960 Double murderer Windell Broussard is born in Port Arthur, Texas, United States.

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(x) 59 years ago Saturday 5th of March 1966 124 die in British Overseas Airways Corporation Boeing 707-436 Flight 911 aka Speedbird 911 crash in Mount Fuji, Honshu Island, Japan. Several booked passengers decided to cancel their tickets at the last moment in order to see a ninja demonstration. They were in Japan scouting locations for the fifth James Bond film, 'You Only Live Twice'.

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(+) 57 years ago Tuesday 5th of March 1968 Human sacrifice Mark James Kilroy is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(x) 52 years ago Monday 5th of March 1973 30-year-old Founding member of the Symbionese Liberation Army Donald David DeFreeze aka Field Marshal Cinque Mtume escapes from prison in Soledad State Prison, Soledad, California, United States.

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(-) 45 years ago Wednesday 5th of March 1980 Organiser of the Bayreuther Festspiele Winifred Wagner, originally Winifred Marjorie Williams dies of natural causes at the age of 83 in Überlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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(-) 43 years ago Friday 5th of March 1982 Comedian and actor John Adam Belushi dies of a drug overdose of cocaine and heroin at the age of 33 in Chateau-Marmont Hotel, Bungalow #3, 8221 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(-) 42 years ago Saturday 5th of March 1983 Elizabeth Ann Kenyon is presumably abducted and killed by serial killer Christopher Wilder aka The Beauty Queen Killer in Pompano Beach, Florida, United States.

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(x) 39 years ago He Was Possessed by Ezurate Wednesday 5th of March 1986 17-year-old Triple murderer Sean Richard Sellers aka The Schoolboy Night Stalker aka The Night Roomer shoots his 32-year-old mother Vonda and his 43-year-old stepfather Lee Bellofatto while they are sleeping in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. Sellers claimed he was a practicing Satanist at the time of the murders and that demonic possession by the demon 'Ezurate' caused him to murder his victims.

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(-) 30 years ago Sunday 5th of March 1995 Singer-songwriter, musician and poet Vivian Victor Anthony Stanshall known from the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band dies in a fire caused by faulty wiring near his bed at the age of 52 in 21 Hillfield Park, Muswell Hill, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 25 years ago She Was Mechanically Suffocated Sunday 5th of March 2000 Dancer, pornographic actress, actress and singer Lolo Ferrari, originally Eve Valois known for her ‘largest breasts in the world’ is presumably suffocated by her 59-year-old husband Eric Vigne at the age of 37 in Sainte-Anne, Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, France. The original autopsy determined that Ferrari had died of an overdose of antidepressants and tranquilizers. A second autopsy two years later found that mechanically-induced suffocation could not be ruled out. Vigne was suspected of causing her death, was arrested and spent 13 months in prison.

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18 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 5th of March 2007 A pile of DVD's waiting to be processed into a multiple edition by AMVK in Oudstrijdersstraat 35, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 13 years ago Monday 5th of March 2012 Serial killer William George Heirens aka Catch Me Before I Kill More dies of unknown causes at the age of 84 in University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(-) 5 years ago Thursday 5th of March 2020 Alleged cop killer Nathaniel Woods is executed by lethal injection at the age of 44 in Holman Correctional Facility, Ross Road, Atmore, Alabama, United States. On 17 June 2004 Woods had surrendered to police inside a crack house when 24-year-old Kerry Spencer came downstairs and opened fire, killing three officers. Spencer and Woods were both charged with the murders despite Woods never firing a weapon. Spencer was also sentenced to death and remains on death row at Holman Correctional Facility awaiting execution.

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