40th year - N° 51 Thursday, 20 February 2025

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40th year - N° 51 Thursday, 20 February 2025

20 February / Today's 25 Events:

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(-) 594 years ago Sunday 20th of February 1431 206th Pope Martinus V, originally Oddone Colonna dies of apoplexy at the age of 62 in Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(-) 158 years ago Wednesday 20th of February 1867 Murderer Martin William Bates is executed by hanging at the age of 20 in Burlingame, Kansas, United States.

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(+) 130 years ago Wednesday 20th of February 1895 Henri Valéry is born in Elbeuf, Seine-Maritime, France. Valéry was an identity used by Marcel Petiot aka The Triangular Chamber of Death Murderer at the time of his arrest.

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(x) 116 years ago Saturday 20th of February 1909 33-year-old Founder of the Futurist movement Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, originally Emilio Angelo Carlo Marinetti publishes the Futurist Manifesto in the Le Figaro newspaper in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 114 years ago Monday 20th of February 1911 Mass poisoner John Hutchinson commits suicide by Prussic acid poisoning at the age of 24 in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 113 years ago Tuesday 20th of February 1912 Writer Pierre François-Marie-Louis Boulle known for Planet of the Apes is born in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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(+) 100 years ago Friday 20th of February 1925 Film director Robert Bernard Altman is born in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.

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(-) 99 years ago Saturday 20th of February 1926 Clara Newman is raped and strangled by serial killer Earle Leonard Nelson aka The Gorilla Murderer in San Francisco, California, United States. Newman was Nelson's first victim.

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(+) 98 years ago Sunday 20th of February 1927 Actor Sidney Poitier is born in Miami, Florida, United States.

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(-) 84 years ago Thursday 20th of February 1941 Lisa Nowak is beaten to death by serial killer Paul Ogorzow aka Der Schnell-Bahn Mörder in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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(+) 71 years ago Saturday 20th of February 1954 Newspaper heiress, kidnap victim and member of the Symbionese Liberation Army Patty Patricia Campbell Hearst is born in San Francisco, California, United States.

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(x) 65 years ago Saturday 20th of February 1960 Joey, the son of 25-year-old Serial killer Joseph Kallinger, originally Joseph Lee Brenner III aka The Shoemaker is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(x) 63 years ago Tuesday 20th of February 1962 41-year-old United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer and astronaut John Herschel Glenn becomes the first US-astronaut to fly around the earth in a Mercury-Atlas 6 spacecraft in Geocentric Orbit, Space. Total mission flight time was four hours 55 minutes and 23 seconds.

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(+) 58 years ago Monday 20th of February 1967 Musician Kurt Donald Cobain aka The Pope of Grunge is born in Grays Harbor Hospital, Aberdeen, Washington, United States.

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(x) 54 years ago Saturday 20th of February 1971 33-year-old Wiener Aktionist Hermann Nitsch performs his 36.a Aktion in Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany.

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(x) 38 years ago Friday 20th of February 1987 45-year-old Mathematician and serial bomber Theodore John 'Ted' Kaczynski aka The Unabomber places bomb #20, a booby trap disguised as a piece of lumber behind the CAAMS computer store in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Store owner Gary Wright is badly injured when he picks up the package. Based on a witness description a widely spread sketch of a man in a hooded sweatshirt wearing aviator glasses was made up.

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(-) 32 years ago Saturday 20th of February 1993 Industrialist Ferruccio Elio Arturo Lamborghini dies of a heart attack at the age of 77 in Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Via Brunamonti 51, Perugia, Umbria, Italy.

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(-) 23 years ago Wednesday 20th of February 2002 Murderer Robert Frederick 'Bobby' Glass aka Slowhand dies of a heart attack at the age of 51 in Avery Mitchell Correctional Facility, 600 Amity Park Rd, Spruce Pines, North Carolina, United States. Glass was due for release on 3 March 3 2002.

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(x) 22 years ago Thursday 20th of February 2003 100 die in The Station night club fire in The Station, 211 Cowesett Avenue, West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States. The fire was caused by pyrotechnics set off by 29-year-old tour manager Daniel Biechele of the evening's headlining band, Jack Russell's Great White, which ignited flammable sound insulation foam in the walls and ceilings surrounding the stage. Among those who perished in the fire were Great White's lead guitarist, Ty Longley and the show's emcee, DJ Mike 'The Doctor' Gonsalves. More than one survivor later stated that a bouncer stopped people trying to escape via the stage exit, stating that that door was "for the band only."

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(-) 20 years ago He Said No More No More No More Sunday 20th of February 2005 Journalist and writer Hunter Stockton Thompson known for inventing Gonzo journalism commits suicide by a shot in the head at the age of 68 in Owl Farm, Woody Creek, Colorado, United States. "No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun—for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax—This won't hurt."

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(x) 19 years ago He Went Deeper and Down Monday 20th of February 2006 47-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV starts 'Diggin' for Gordon' at an undisclosed location in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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18 years ago The Eyes had it Tuesday 20th of February 2007 A rusty gas pipe in desperate need of replacement in our basement in Oudstrijdersstraat 35, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 5 years ago Thursday 20th of February 2020 Multiple murderer Nicholas Todd Sutton is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 59 in Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Sutton was initially convicted of killing three people in 1979, including his grandmother Dorothy Sutton, his high school friend John Large and Charles Almon. He was sentenced to death for his involvement in the fatal stabbing of fellow inmate and child rapist Carl Estep at Morgan County Regional Correctional Facility in 1985.

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5 years ago The Eyes had it Thursday 20th of February 2020 A picture of the young Guy Schraenen at a memorial exhibition in Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Área metropolitana de Madrid, Spain.

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(x) 5 years ago Thursday 20th of February 2020 Noise music band Club Moral play their 153rd concert, in memory of Guy Schraenen in Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Área metropolitana de Madrid, Spain.

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