40th year - N° 49 Tuesday, 18 February 2025

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40th year - N° 49 Tuesday, 18 February 2025

18 February / Today's 34 Events:

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(-) 1026 years ago Monday 18th of February 0999 138th Pope Gregorius V, originally Bruno of Carinthia dies of unknown causes at the age of 27 in Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy. Gregorius V died suddenly, not without suspicion of foul play.

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(-) 570 years ago Sunday 18th of February 1455 Renaissance painter Fra Angelico, originally Guido di Pietro dies of unknown causes at the age of 60 in Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(+) 509 years ago Friday 18th of February 1516 Queen of England and Ireland Mary Tudor aka Bloody Mary is born in Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 479 years ago Monday 18th of February 1546 Theologian and church reformer Martin Luther dies of an apoplectic stroke at the age of 63 in Martin Luthers Geburtshaus, Lutherstraße 16, Eisleben, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.

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(-) 461 years ago Tuesday 18th of February 1564 Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect and poet Michelangelo, originally Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni dies of unknown causes at the age of 89 in Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(+) 280 years ago Thursday 18th of February 1745 Physicist, chemist and pioneer of electricity and power Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta known for SI unit of electric potential is born in Como, Lombardia, Italy.

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(+) 187 years ago Sunday 18th of February 1838 Physicist and philosopher Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach known for the Mach number is born in Brno, Moravia, Czechoslovakia.

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(+) 158 years ago Monday 18th of February 1867 Writer Hedwig Courths-Mahler is born in Nebra, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.

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(+) 154 years ago Saturday 18th of February 1871 Metallurgist Harry Brearley known for inventing stainless steel is born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 142 years ago Sunday 18th of February 1883 Assassin Madan Lal Shaheed Dhingra is born in Amritsar, Punjab, India.

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(+) 133 years ago Thursday 18th of February 1892 Tempera painter and presumed mass poisoner Sadamichi Hirasawa is born in Tokyo, Kantō, Japan.

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(+) 129 years ago Tuesday 18th of February 1896 Surrealist writer André Breton aka The Father of Surrealism is born in Tinchebray, Basse-Normandie, France.

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(+) 122 years ago Wednesday 18th of February 1903 Soviet Ukrainian statesman during the Cold War Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny is born in Karlovka, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.

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(+) 119 years ago Sunday 18th of February 1906 Pediatrician Hans Johann Friedrich Karl Asperger is born in Hausbrunn, Niederösterreich, Austria.

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(+) 106 years ago Tuesday 18th of February 1919 Actor and boxer Jack Palance, originally Volodymyr Jack Palahniuk is born in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(+) 104 years ago Friday 18th of February 1921 Self-proclaimed Emperor of Central Africa Jean-Bédel Bokassa is born in Bobangui, Ubangi-Shari, French Equatorial Africa.

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(+) 93 years ago Thursday 18th of February 1932 Film director Miloš Jan Tomáš Forman is born in Čáslav, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia.

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(+) 92 years ago Saturday 18th of February 1933 Artist Yoko Ono is born in Tokyo, Kantō, Japan.

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(+) 78 years ago Tuesday 18th of February 1947 Victim of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley aka The Moors Murderers Pauline Reade is born in Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.

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(-) 76 years ago Friday 18th of February 1949 Olive Henrietta Olivia Robarts Durand-Deacon is shot in the head by serial killer John George Haigh aka The Acid Bath Murderer in 2 Leopold Road, Crawley, Sussex, United Kingdom. Haigh stripped Durand-Deacon of her valuables, including a Persian lamb coat and put her into a sulphuric acid bath. Investigation of the sludge at the workshop by the pathologist Keith Simpson revealed three human gallstones and part of a denture which was later identified by Mrs Durand-Deacon's dentist during the trial and conviction.

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(+) 71 years ago Thursday 18th of February 1954 Actor, film producer, dancer and singer John Joseph Travolta is born in Englewood, New Jersey, United States.

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(+) 69 years ago Saturday 18th of February 1956 Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Horst Ludwig Meyer is born in Schwenningen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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(+) 65 years ago Thursday 18th of February 1960 Rapist and double murderer James Terry Roach is born in Seneca, South Carolina, United States.

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(x) 64 years ago Saturday 18th of February 1961 36-year-old Satan worshipper and serial rapist Edward John Louis Paisnel aka The Beast of Jersey assaults an unidentified 12-year-old boy in Vingtaine du Mont Cochon, Saint Helier, Jersey, United Kingdom.

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(x) 62 years ago Monday 18th of February 1963 Gertrude Gruen is attacked and raped by serial killer Albert DeSalvo aka The Boston Strangler aka The Measuring Man aka The Green Man in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Gruen survived.

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(-) 58 years ago Saturday 18th of February 1967 Theoretical physicist Robert Julius Oppenheimer aka The Father of the Atomic Bomb dies of throat cancer at the age of 63 in Institute for Advanced Study, 1 Einstein Drive, Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Oppenheimer was diagnosed with throat cancer in late 1965 and underwent unsuccessful radiation treatment and chemotherapy. He fell into a coma on 15 February 1967.

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(x) 55 years ago Wednesday 18th of February 1970 81 die in train derailment in Langa Langa, Benue, Nigeria.

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(x) 53 years ago He Went to Bed Early Friday 18th of February 1972 26-year-old Performance and installation artist Chris Christopher Burden starts his performance 'Bed Piece' in Market Street, Venice, California, United States. Burden did not speak to anyone during the performance but the curator Josh Young provided him with water, food, and toilet facilities without being asked. 'Bed Piece' lasted until 10 March 1972.

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(-) 43 years ago Thursday 18th of February 1982 Crime writer Ngaio Edith Marsh dies of undisclosed causes at the age of 87 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

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(x) 42 years ago Friday 18th of February 1983 Fourteen people are gunned down during a robbery by Kwan Fai 'Willie' Mak, Wai-Chiu 'Tony' Ng and Benjamin Ng in Wah Mee Gambling Club, 665 South King Street, Chinatown, Seattle, Washington, United States. Only Wai Y. Chin survived the massacre and later testified in court against the three robbers.

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(-) 34 years ago Monday 18th of February 1991 Curtis Durrell Straughter is drugged, strangled and dismembered by serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer aka The Milwaukee Cannibal in Oxford Apartments #213, 924 25th North Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

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(-) 24 years ago Sunday 18th of February 2001 Artist Balthasar Kłossowski, originally Kłossowski de Rola aka Balthus dies of natural causes at the age of 93 in Grand Chalet, Rossinière, Vaud, Switzerland. Prime ministers and rock stars alike attended Kłossowski's funeral including the President of France, the Prince Sadruddhin Aga Khan and Henri Cartier-Bresson.

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(x) 21 years ago The Cargo Exploded Wednesday 18th of February 2004 295 die in runaway train wagons explosion in Khayyam, Razavi Khorasan, Iran. 51 railway wagons carrying sulfur, fertilizer, petrol and cotton wool broke loose from their siding at Abu Muslim Station and rolled down the track for about 20 kilometres until they derailed and rolled down an embankment. During the cleanup operation the cargo of the wagons exploded.

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(-) 17 years ago Monday 18th of February 2008 Film director Alain Robbe-Grillet dies of heart failure at the age of 86 in Caen, Normandie, France.

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