40th year - N° 50 Wednesday, 19 February 2025

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40th year - N° 50 Wednesday, 19 February 2025

19 February / Today's 26 Events:

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(+) 552 years ago Wednesday 19th of February 1473 Mathematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus is born in ul. Kopernika 15, Toruń, Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Poland.

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(-) 300 years ago Monday 19th of February 1725 Innkeeper Mme Millet dies of Spontaneous Human Combustion in Reims, Marne, France. Late at night 'Lion d'Or' innkeeper Jean Millet woke to the smell of fire. He rushed through the hallways to warn his guests, who followed him downstairs and came upon a horrifying sight of his wife. Parts of Mme Millet's head, backbone and legs lay smoldering on the kitchen floor. The rest of her was reduced to ash. Her chair by the fireplace was only slightly scorched, and there were burn marks under her remains.

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(+) 149 years ago Saturday 19th of February 1876 Sculptor Constantin Brâncuși is born in Hobița, Gorj, Romania.

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(+) 128 years ago Friday 19th of February 1897 Actress and stage performer Alma Rubens, originally Alma Genevieve Reubens aka Silent Snowbird is born in San Francisco, California, United States.

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(+) 127 years ago Saturday 19th of February 1898 Cult leader Louwrens Lou Voorthuyzen aka Lou De Palingboer is born in Anna Paulowna, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

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(-) 109 years ago Saturday 19th of February 1916 Physicist and philosopher Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach known for the Mach number dies of unknown causes at the age of 78 in Vaterstetten, Bayern, Germany.

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(+) 101 years ago Tuesday 19th of February 1924 Actor Lee Marvin is born in New York City, New York, United States.

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(-) 91 years ago Monday 19th of February 1934 Rapist and murderer James Corbett Rawlins is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 38 in Arizona State Prison Complex, 1305 E Butte Avenue, Florence, Arizona, United States.

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(+) 79 years ago Tuesday 19th of February 1946 Chemical technician and labor union activist Karen Gay Silkwood is born in Longview, Texas, United States.

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(-) 74 years ago Monday 19th of February 1951 Writer André Paul Guillaume Gide dies of natural causes at the age of 82 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 74 years ago Monday 19th of February 1951 Serial killer Stephen Peter Morin aka Ray Constantine is born in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

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(-) 74 years ago Monday 19th of February 1951 Murderer Norman Andrews is executed by hanging at the age of 38 in Pentridge Prison, Coburg, Victoria, Australia. Andrews's last words were "Goodbye Robert".

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(-) 74 years ago Monday 19th of February 1951 Murderer Robert David Clayton is executed by hanging at the age of 32 in Pentridge Prison, Coburg, Victoria, Australia. Clayton's last words were "Goodbye Charlie".

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(-) 74 years ago Monday 19th of February 1951 Murderess Jean Lee, originally Marjorie Jean Maude Wright is executed by hanging at the age of 32 in Pentridge Prison, Coburg, Victoria, Australia. On the morning of her execution Lee became hysterical and had to be sedated. She fainted when the executioner came to her cell and she was strapped semi-conscious to a chair. Lee was the last woman to be executed in Australia.

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(-) 73 years ago Tuesday 19th of February 1952 Writer Knut Hamsun, originally Knud Pedersen dies of natural causes at the age of 93 in Nørholm, Grimstad, Sørlandet, Norway.

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(x) 67 years ago Wednesday 19th of February 1958 183 die in coal mine explosion in Chinakuri Colliery, Kulti, West Bengal, India.

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(-) 62 years ago Tuesday 19th of February 1963 Singer and band leader Benny Moré, originally Bartolomé Maximiliano Moré Gutiérrez aka El Bárbaro del Ritmo aka El Sonero Mayor dies of cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 44 in Havana, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba.

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(x) 59 years ago Saturday 19th of February 1966 Stanisława Samul is attacked by serial killer Zdzisław Marchwicki aka The Zagłębie Vampire in Gródków, Województwo Sląskie, Poland. Samul survived.

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(-) 45 years ago Tuesday 19th of February 1980 Musician Bon Ronald Belford Scott known from AC/DC dies of pulmonary aspiration of vomit at the age of 34 in 67 Overhill Road, East Dulwich, London, South London, United Kingdom. Scott passed out after a night of heavy drinking in the Music Machine club. He was left to sleep in a Renault 5 owned by Alistair Kinnear. The following afternoon Kinnear found Scott lifeless in the car.

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(x) 40 years ago Tuesday 19th of February 1985 148 die in Iberia Airlines Boeing 727–256 Flight 610 crash in Mount Oiz, Amorebieta-Etxano, Bizkaia, Spain.

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(+) 36 years ago Sunday 19th of February 1989 Daughter of Manson Family member Tex Watson Mary Elizabeth Watson is born in San Luis Obispo, California, United States.

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(-) 26 years ago Friday 19th of February 1999 Murderer Wilford Lee Berry aka The Volunteer is executed by lethal injection at the age of 37 in Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, Lucasville, Ohio, United States. Berry was the first convict to waive his right to appeal his death sentence after Ohio reinstated the death penalty. Berry became the first person to be executed in Ohio since 1963.

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(-) 23 years ago Tuesday 19th of February 2002 Murderer John William Byrd is executed by lethal injection at the age of 39 in Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, Lucasville, Ohio, United States.

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18 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 19th of February 2007 Chinese New Year in Chinatown in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(x) 16 years ago Thursday 19th of February 2009 50-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Oprichting en Manifest van het Bastardisme' at a literary event in Passa Porta, Dansaertstraat 46, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium.

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(-) 6 years ago Tuesday 19th of February 2019 Fashion designer Karl Otto Lagerfeld dies of undisclosed causes at the age of 86 in American Hospital, 63 Blvd Victor Hugo, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France.

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