40th year - N° 25 Saturday, 25 January 2025

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40th year - N° 25 Saturday, 25 January 2025

25 January / Today's 31 Events:

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(x) 492 years ago Wednesday 25th of January 1533 King of England Henry VIII of England, originally Henry Tudor in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 151 years ago Sunday 25th of January 1874 Writer and playwright William Somerset Maugham is born in Embassy of the United Kingdom, 35 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, VIIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Since French law declared that all children born on French soil could be conscripted for military service his father arranged for Maugham to be born at the embassy, technically on British soil.

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(+) 143 years ago Wednesday 25th of January 1882 Writer Virginia Adeline Stephen Woolf is born in 22 Hyde Park Gate, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 121 years ago Monday 25th of January 1904 180 die in Harwick coal mine explosion in Cheswick, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(+) 112 years ago Saturday 25th of January 1913 Composer Witold Roman Lutosławski is born in Warszawa, Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland.

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(+) 108 years ago Thursday 25th of January 1917 Theoretical chemist Ilya Romanovich Prigogine is born in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.

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(+) 102 years ago Thursday 25th of January 1923 Psychiatric patient and artist Shirley Ardell Mason aka Sybil Isabel Dorsett is born in Dodge Center, Minnesota, United States.

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(-) 82 years ago Monday 25th of January 1943 Actor Spencer Charters commits suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning combined with sleeping tablets at the age of 68 in Hollywood, California, United States.

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(+) 82 years ago Monday 25th of January 1943 Cult film director Tobe William Hooper known for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is born in Austin, Texas, United States.

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(+) 81 years ago Tuesday 25th of January 1944 Actress, artist, model and muse of the Rolling Stones Anita Pallenberg is born in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(-) 78 years ago He Died a 12-year-old Saturday 25th of January 1947 Gangster, bootlegger and racketeer Al Alphonse Gabriel Capone aka Scarface dies of cardiac arrest at the age of 48 in Palm Island, Florida, United States. In 1946 Capone's physician and a Baltimore psychiatrist performed examinations and concluded that he had the mentality of a 12-year-old child.

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(+) 75 years ago Wednesday 25th of January 1950 Child killer Melvin Wayne White is born in Ozona, Texas, United States.

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(x) 57 years ago Thursday 25th of January 1968 69 die in INS Dakar diesel-electric submarine sinking in The Mediterranean Sea, Greece. The exact cause of Dakar's sinking remains unknown. Despite extensive searches over the course of three decades its wreckage was not found until 1999.

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(x) 52 years ago Thursday 25th of January 1973 26-year-old Serial killer Herbert William Mullin aka The Hippie Killer shoots 30-year-old Kathy Francis and her two sons, 9-year-old Daemon and 4-year-old David in the head in Mystery Spot Road, Santa Cruz, California, United States. Before Mulllin also shot 25-year-old Jim Ralph Gianera and his 21-year-old wife Joan on Western Drive. All the victims were shot and then stabbed post-mortem.

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(x) 50 years ago Saturday 25th of January 1975 37-year-old Wiener Aktionist Hermann Nitsch performs his 48. Aktion at the 2nd FIAC art fair in Gare de Paris-Bastille, XIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(x) 48 years ago Tuesday 25th of January 1977 35-year-old Serial killer Myra Hindley aka The Moors Murderers (with Ian Brady) is transferred to Durham Jail in Holloway Prison, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 40 years ago Friday 25th of January 1985 Senior official of the Ministry of Defence René Audran is shot dead by Action Directe for his involvement in arms sales to Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War at the age of 56 in Avenue des Gressets, La Celle-Saint-Cloud, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 35 years ago Thursday 25th of January 1990 Actress Ava Lavinia Gardner dies of pneumonia at the age of 68 in 34 Ennismore Gardens, Westminster, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 29 years ago He Wasn't Put to Sleep Thursday 25th of January 1996 Double murderer Billy Bailey is executed by hanging at the age of 49 in Delaware Correctional Center, 1181 Paddock Road, Smyrna, Delaware, United States. Bailey had the option of choosing to be hanged instead of "let them put me to sleep" by lethal injection. Bailey's last meal request was for a well-done steak, a baked potato with sour cream and butter, buttered rolls, peas, and vanilla ice cream.

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(-) 27 years ago Sunday 25th of January 1998 Giangiorgio Canu is shot dead by serial killer Donato Bilancia aka Il Mostro della Liguria in Pegli, Genova, Liguria, Italy.

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(x) 26 years ago Monday 25th of January 1999 40-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'AARA' in About Café, 402-408 Maitrichit Road, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand. I gave a lecture about my way of working and not-working within the safe context of cultural institutions. Then I cut the letters 'AARA' (About Art Related Activities) into my left upper arm and left.

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(-) 25 years ago Tuesday 25th of January 2000 Murderer Glen Charles McGinnis is executed by lethal injection at the age of 27 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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22 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 25th of January 2003 The multi-keyboard of the largest organ in Ireland in St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.

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(-) 20 years ago Tuesday 25th of January 2005 Murderer Troy Albert Kunkle aka The No Remorse killer is executed by lethal injection at the age of 39 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Kunkle's last meal request was for fried chicken, chicken fried steak, a hamburger with cheese and onions, french fries, cauliflower, cinnamon rolls, apple pie and milk.

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(x) 20 years ago Tuesday 25th of January 2005 Over 300 pilgrims die in Mandher Devi temple stampede in Mandher Devi temple, Wai, Maharashtra, India. Witnesses said the rush started around midday after some of the 300.000 pilgrims slipped on the temple's steep stone steps, which were wet with coconut water spilled from fruit presented as offerings to the goddess Kalubai.

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(-) 19 years ago Wednesday 25th of January 2006 Multiple murderer Marion Butler Dudley is executed by lethal injection at the age of 34 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(-) 19 years ago Wednesday 25th of January 2006 Pornographic actress Anna Malle, originally Anna Marie Stout aka Anna Hotop dies in a car crash at the age of 39 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Malle was not wearing a seat belt.

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(-) 15 years ago Monday 25th of January 2010 Military commander and chief of the Iraqi Intelligence Service Ali Hassan al-Majid, originally Alī Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrītī aka Chemical Ali is executed by hanging at the age of 69 in Kadhimiya, Baghdad, Iraq.

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(-) 10 years ago Sunday 25th of January 2015 Singer-songwriter Demis Roussos, originally Artemios Ventouris-Roussos dies of unknown causes at the age of 69 in Ygeia Hospital, Kifissias Ave & 4 Er. Stavrou, Marousi, Athens, Attica, Greece.

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6 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 25th of January 2019 Snow on the beach in San Rocco, Mariakerke, Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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(-) 1 years ago Thursday 25th of January 2024 Murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith known for becoming the first man to be executed with nitrogen hypoxia is executed by nitrogen hypoxia at the age of 59 in Holman Correctional Facility, Ross Road, Atmore, Alabama, United States. Smith's final meal request was for steak and eggs with hash browns. The execution took about 22 minutes. Smith appeared to remain conscious for several of those minutes, at times appearing to shake and writhe on the gurney and pull against his restraints. This was followed by several minutes of heavy breathing, until his breathing was no longer perceptible.

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