40th year - N° 93 Thursday, 3 April 2025

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40th year - N° 93 Thursday, 3 April 2025

3 April / Today's 36 Events:

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(x) 195 years ago Saturday 3rd of April 1830 18-year-old Foundling Kaspar Hauser aka The Wild Child is found bleeding from a wound to the right side of his head in Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany. Hauser quickly revived and stated that he climbed on a chair to get some books, the chair fell and while trying to hold on to something he accidentally tore down a pistol hanging on the wall, causing a shot to go off.

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(+) 162 years ago Friday 3rd of April 1863 Painter, architect and interior designer Henry Clemens Van de Velde is born in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 143 years ago The Dust Was Cleaned with His Blood Monday 3rd of April 1882 Outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber and murderer Jesse Woodson James is 'accidently' shot in the head by Robert Ford while cleaning a dusty picture above the mantle at the age of 35 in Jesse James Home, St. Joseph, Missouri, United States.

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(-) 130 years ago Wednesday 3rd of April 1895 Blanche Lamont is sexually assaulted and beaten to death by double murderer Theodore Durrant aka The Demon in the Belfry in Emanuel Baptist Church, Bartlett Street, San Francisco, California, . Lamont's body was found on 13 April in the belfry.

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(-) 128 years ago Saturday 3rd of April 1897 Romantic composer Johannes Brahms dies of liver cancer at the age of 64 in Wien, Wien, Austria.

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(+) 117 years ago Friday 3rd of April 1908 Serial killer Bruno Lüdke is born in Köpenick, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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(+) 110 years ago Saturday 3rd of April 1915 Nazi collaborator Paul Touvier is born in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jabron, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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(-) 106 years ago Thursday 3rd of April 1919 Black soldier William Wilbert Little is lynched by battering because he refused to take off his army uniform in Blakely, Georgia, United States.

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(+) 105 years ago Saturday 3rd of April 1920 Guard at Sobibór KZ John Demjanjuk, originally Ivan Mykolaiovych Demianiuk is born in Dubovi Makharyntsi, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine.

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(+) 101 years ago Thursday 3rd of April 1924 Actress, singer and animal rights activist Doris Day, originally Doris Von Kappelhoff is born in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.

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(+) 101 years ago He Was a Wild One Thursday 3rd of April 1924 Actor and film director Marlon Brando known from the movie ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ is born in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.

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(x) 96 years ago Wednesday 3rd of April 1929 Frau Flake is attacked by serial killer Peter Kürten aka The Vampire of Düsseldorf in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The next day Frau Flake was not able to swallow properly. On her neck she had a large red swelling 70mm long by 7,5mm wide, on the left a painful reddish mark 50mm long and 30mm wide. The skin of the whole face was covered with contusions in size from a pin point to a pea. The conjuntivae of both eyes were partly congested. In the mucuous membrane of the mouth were numerous abrasions.

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(x) 95 years ago Thursday 3rd of April 1930 Frau Hau is attacked by serial killer Peter Kürten aka The Vampire of Düsseldorf in Hofgarten, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(-) 89 years ago Friday 3rd of April 1936 Kidnapper Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 37 in Trenton State Prison, Trenton, New Jersey, United States.

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(-) 84 years ago He Was Guilty Thursday 3rd of April 1941 Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary Pál Teleki, originally Pál János Ede Teleki de Szék commits suicide by a shot through the head at the age of 62 in Sándor Palace, Budapest, Közép-Magyarország, Hungary. Teleki wanted to avoid collaboration with the Nazis. In his suicide note he wrote "We will become body-snatchers! A nation of trash. I did not hold you back. I am guilty."

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(-) 75 years ago Monday 3rd of April 1950 Composer Kurt Julian Weill dies of a heart attack at the age of 50 in New York City, New York, United States.

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(x) 70 years ago Sunday 3rd of April 1955 300 die in night train derailment in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. The train plunged into a canyon.

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(-) 68 years ago Wednesday 3rd of April 1957 Murderer Ernest L. Ranson is executed by hanging in United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, United States.

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(+) 67 years ago Thursday 3rd of April 1958 Photographer Francesca Woodman is born in Denver, Colorado, United States.

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(+) 63 years ago She Waited until Tuesday Tuesday 3rd of April 1962 Murderess Brenda Spencer known for Not Liking Mondays is born in San Diego, California, United States.

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(+) 63 years ago Tuesday 3rd of April 1962 Serial killer Roberto Succo aka L'Assassino della Luna Piena aka Il Mostro di Mestre aka Roberto il Folle is born in Venezia, Veneto, Italy.

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(x) 60 years ago Saturday 3rd of April 1965 28-year-old Horst Otto is released from prison after serving 5 years for the murder of Manuela Knodt in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Knodt was actually killed by Joachim Kroll aka Jockel aka Der Ruhrkannibale.

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(x) 57 years ago Longevity Has its Place Wednesday 3rd of April 1968 39-year-old Activist and African-American Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King, originally Michael King delivers his last speech 'I've Been tot the Mountaintop' in Mason Temple, Memphis, Tennessee, United States. At the end of the speech King discusses the possibility of an untimely death. On the following day King was assassinated.

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(x) 55 years ago Friday 3rd of April 1970 40-year-old Writer James Graham Ballard opens his 'Crashed Cars' exhibition in Institute for Research in Art and Technology, Gordon Street, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. The wrecks of a white Pontiac, a Mini and an Austin Cambridge A60 were on show while a topless woman interviewed guests about their reactions.

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(-) 54 years ago Saturday 3rd of April 1971 Gangster Joseph Michael 'Joe Cargo' Valachi aka Anthony Sorge aka Charles Charbano known for disclosing information about the Italian-American Mafia dies of a heart attack at the age of 67 in La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution, Anthony, Texas, United States.

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(x) 51 years ago She became Tania Wednesday 3rd of April 1974 20-year-old Newspaper heiress, kidnap victim and member of the Symbionese Liberation Army Patty Patricia Campbell Hearst announces on an audiotape that she joined the Symbionese Liberation Army and assumed the name 'Tania' in San Francisco, California, United States. 'Tania' was inspired by the nom de guerre of Che Guevara's comrade Haydée Tamara Bunke Bider.

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(x) 44 years ago Friday 3rd of April 1981 22-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Lift Off' with Etat Brut at the Underground on Stage festival in Beursschouwburg, Auguste Ortsstraat 22, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium. During a concert by Etat Brut I was standing before a filmscreen and threw my right leg as high as I could several times. To my left foot a rope was fastened at which somebody pulled at a non-defined moment. I suffered a concussion of the brain.

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(-) 34 years ago Wednesday 3rd of April 1991 Writer Graham Henry Greene dies of leukemia at the age of 87 in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland.

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(x) 29 years ago Wednesday 3rd of April 1996 54-year-old Mathematician and serial bomber Theodore John 'Ted' Kaczynski aka The Unabomber is arrested in his forest cabin in Unabomber Cabin, Lincoln, Montana, United States.

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(-) 28 years ago Thursday 3rd of April 1997 Triple murderer David Wayne Spence is executed by lethal injection at the age of 41 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(-) 27 years ago Friday 3rd of April 1998 Fluxus artist Wolf Vostell dies of a heart attack at the age of 66 in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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(-) 24 years ago Tuesday 3rd of April 2001 Double murderer Jason Eric Massey is executed by lethal injection at the age of 28 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. On 26 July 1993 Massey viciously murdered two teenagers: 14-year-old Brian King and his 13-year-old stepsister Christina Benjamin. Benjamin's death had been particularly gruesome; her head, hands and nipples had been cut off, her genitals mutilated and her intestines removed.

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(-) 23 years ago Wednesday 3rd of April 2002 Musician Frank Francis John Tovey aka Fad Gadget dies of a heart attack at the age of 46 in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 15 years ago Saturday 3rd of April 2010 Founder and leader of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging Eugène Ney Terre'Blanche is beaten to death with pipes and pangas at the age of 69 in Ventersdorp, Transvaal Province, South Africa. Two workers on Terre'Blanche's farm 28-year-old Chris Mahlangu and 15-year-old Patrick Ndlovu were arrested.

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10 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 3rd of April 2015 The bloodied drum and mallet from a fierce female drummer at the Ruta del Tambor y el Bombo in Calanda, Teruel, Spain.

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8 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 3rd of April 2017 A Frigidaire electric cooking stove up for sale in Oudstrijdersstraat 35, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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40th year - N° 92 Wednesday, 2 April 2025

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40th year - N° 92 Wednesday, 2 April 2025

2 April / Today's 28 Events:

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(+) 300 years ago Monday 2nd of April 1725 Adventurer, writer and sexual athlete Giacomo Casanova is born in Venezia, Veneto, Italy.

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(+) 220 years ago Tuesday 2nd of April 1805 Writer of fairy tales Hans Christian Andersen is born in Bangs Boder 29, Odense, Syddanmark, Denmark.

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(+) 185 years ago Thursday 2nd of April 1840 Writer Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola is born in 10 Rue Saint-Joseph, IIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 153 years ago Tuesday 2nd of April 1872 Painter and inventor Samuel Finley Breese Morse known for developing the Morse code dies of unknown causes at the age of 81 in 5 West 22nd Street, New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 139 years ago Friday 2nd of April 1886 Serial killer Johann Mayer aka Stumpfarm is born in Uersfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

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(+) 134 years ago Thursday 2nd of April 1891 Surrealist artist Max Ernst is born in Brühl, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(+) 111 years ago Thursday 2nd of April 1914 Actor Alec Guinnes, originally Alec Guinness de Cuffe is born in 155 Lauderdale Mansions South, Lauderdale Road, Maida Vale, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 101 years ago Wednesday 2nd of April 1924 Serial killer Leslie 'Joe Goebbels' Irvin aka The Mad Dog Killer is born in Evansville, Indiana, United States.

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(+) 97 years ago Monday 2nd of April 1928 Singer-songwriter, actor and poet Serge Gainsbourg, originally Lucien Ginsburg is born in Hôtel-Dieu de Paris, 1 Parvis Notre-Dame, Ier, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Gainsbourg had a faux twin sister named Liliane.

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(+) 86 years ago Sunday 2nd of April 1939 Singer-songwriter and musician Marvin Gaye, originally Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. aka The Prince of Motown is born in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

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(-) 79 years ago Tuesday 2nd of April 1946 Murderer Frank Quarles is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 44 in Indiana State Prison, 1 Park Row, Michigan City, Indiana, United States.

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(+) 78 years ago Wednesday 2nd of April 1947 Singer-songwriter Emmylou Harris is born in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.

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(+) 78 years ago Wednesday 2nd of April 1947 Anti-war protester George Winne is born in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

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(+) 70 years ago Saturday 2nd of April 1955 Mass murderer Mark Orrin Barton is born in Stockbridge, Georgia, United States.

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(-) 63 years ago He Was the Last to Spark Monday 2nd of April 1962 Murderer Elmo Smith is executed by Old Smokey at the age of 41 in Rockview Penitentiary, Benner Township, Pennsylvania, United States. Smith was the last man to die in the electric chair in Pennsylvania.

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(x) 57 years ago War es ein Politischer Akt Tuesday 2nd of April 1968 Arson-attack by 25-year-old Leader of the Baader-Meinhof-Gruppe aka Rote Armee Fraktion Andreas Bernd Baader and Gudrun Ensslin with Thorwald Proll und Horst Söhnlein on two shopping-centers in Kaufhaus M. Schneider, Zeil 98, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany. They were inspired by the fire in 'L'Innovation' in Brussels on 22 May 1967. The event marks the birth of the Baader-Meinhof Gruppe aka Rote Armee Fraktion.

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(-) 51 years ago Tuesday 2nd of April 1974 President of the French Republic Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou dies of Waldenström's macroglobulinemia at the age of 63 in Hôtel d'Asselin, 24 Quai de Béthune, IVe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(x) 42 years ago Saturday 2nd of April 1983 Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV dies of Waldenström's macroglobulinemia in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(x) 40 years ago Tuesday 2nd of April 1985 33-year-old Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Christian Klar is sentenced to life six times for nine murders in the 'Deutsche Herbst' of 1977 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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(x) 40 years ago Tuesday 2nd of April 1985 36-year-old Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion and Sozialistisches Patientenkollektiv Brigitte Margret Ida Mohnhaupt is sentenced to life five times with a minimum 24-year mandatory sentence for nine murders during the 'Deutsche Herbst' of 1977 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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(x) 40 years ago He Didn't Have a Gun Tuesday 2nd of April 1985 24-year-old Double murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner attempts to escape during trial proceedings for the Otterstrom murder in Metropolitan Hall of Justice, 400 South 300 East, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Gardner was immediately shot in the chest by guard Luther Hensley. After running to the courtroom archives, Gardner confronted attorneys Robert Macri and Michael Burdell and shot them both. Gardner made his way outside the building, where he was surrounded by dozens of police officers. Gardner threw the gun away, dropped and yelled: "Don't shoot, I don't have a gun."

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(x) 38 years ago He Had an Abrasion around His Neck Thursday 2nd of April 1987 44-year-old Serial killer Gary Michael Heidnik aka The Cellar of Horror Murderer tries to commit suicide by hanging from a shower pipe at the Philadelphia Detention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(x) 38 years ago Thursday 2nd of April 1987 28-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'L'Age D'Or nr2 / Variation Australis' with Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven aka AMVK in The Performance Space, 199 Cleveland Street, Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. A variation on the L'Age d'Or nr 2 performance, where my feet were tied to the floor, and I tried to pull myself off the ground via a pulley and a rope around my neck. Using a throat-microphone I repeated "I wanna be injured", the sound was electronically distorted by AMVK.

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(-) 32 years ago Friday 2nd of April 1993 Lauren Marquez is strangled and her neck broken by serial killer Joel Rifkin aka The Long Island Ripper in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States. Marquez' body was found in June hidden by brush in a location Rifkin pinpointed for the police in a confession after his arrest.

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(-) 28 years ago Wednesday 2nd of April 1997 Murderer David Lee Herman is executed by lethal injection at the age of 40 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Herman tried to kill himself on the day before by slashing his throat and wrist, but he was patched up and executed anyway.

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(x) 27 years ago Thursday 2nd of April 1998 88-year-old Prefect of Paris and Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon is sentenced to ten years imprisonment for the deportation of 1560 Jews during WWII in Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France.

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(-) 20 years ago Saturday 2nd of April 2005 Ioannes Paulus II, originally Karol Józef Wojtyła dies of heart failure from profound hypotension and complete circulatory collapse from septic shock at the age of 85 in Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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18 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 2nd of April 2007 Abandoned communication systems and electrical equipment in an abandoned office in Kattenberg 79, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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