41st year - N° 1 Thursday, 1 January 2026

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-) 41st year - N° 1 Thursday, 1 January 2026

1 January / Today's 25 Events: (+) 595 years ago  Saturday 1st of January 1431 214th Pope Alexander VI, originally Roderic Llançol i de Borja is born in Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain. (+) 522 years ago  Friday 1st of January 1504 Theologian and church reformer Caspar Creuziger aka Cruciger the Elder is born in Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany. (+) 291 years ago  Saturday 1st of January 1735 Silversmith, engraver, early industrialist and Patriot Paul Revere is born in North End, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. (+) 146 years ago  Thursday 1st of January 1880 King of Siam Rama VI, originally Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramentharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua aka Vajiravudh is born in Grand Palace, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand. (+) 131 years ago  Tuesday 1st of January 1895 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation John Edgar Hoover is born in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. (x) 114 years ago  Monday 1st of January 1912 46-year-old Revolutionary leader and medical practitioner Yat-sen Sun aka The Father of the Nation announces the establishment of the Republic of China and is inaugurated as the Provisional President of the Republic in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. (+) 107 years ago  Wednesday 1st of January 1919 Actress Carole Landis, originally Frances Lillian Mary Ridste aka The Actress Who Could Have Been but never Was is born in Fairchild, Wisconsin, United States. (+) 107 years ago  Wednesday 1st of January 1919 Boxer Rocky Graziano, originally Thomas Rocco Barbella is born in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States. (+) 107 years ago  Wednesday 1st of January 1919 Writer J. D. Jerome David Salinger is born in New York City, New York, United States. (+) 99 years ago  Saturday 1st of January 1927 Dancer and choreographer Maurice Béjart, originally Maurice-Jean Berger is born in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. (x) 95 years ago  Thursday 1st of January 1931 39-year-old Mass murderer Szilveszter Matuska aka The Orient-Express Wrecker attempts to derail the Vienna-Passau Express D-train in Ansbach, Bayern, Germany. (+) 86 years ago  Monday 1st of January 1940 Serial killer Clifford Robert Olson aka The Vancouver Butcher is born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (+) 74 years ago  Tuesday 1st of January 1952 Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Knut Detlef Folkerts is born in Singen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. (-) 73 years ago Came that Fateful Day Thursday 1st of January 1953 Singer-songwriter Hank Hiram King Williams aka Luke the Drifter aka The Hillbilly Shakespeare aka The Singing Kid dies of a drug overdose at the age of 30 in Pure Oil Gas Station, 611 Main Street, Oak Hill, West Virginia, United States. Williams hired college student Charles Carr to drive him to a concert on New Year's Day at the Windsor Theater in Canton, Ohio when Williams was discovered unresponsive in the back seat. The only items found in the backseat of Williams' 1952 Cadillac were a few cans of beer and the hand-written lyrics to an unrecorded song 'Then Came that Fateful Day'. The cause of death was heart failure caused by the combination of alcohol, morphine and chloral hydrate. (+) 71 years ago  Saturday 1st of January 1955 Victim of Ted Bundy aka The Only Living Witness Denise Marie Naslund is born in Washington, United States. (+) 70 years ago  Sunday 1st of January 1956 Founder of Herbalife International Ltd Mark Reynolds Hughes is born in La Mirada, California, United States. (x) 68 years ago He Fed the Dead Family's Cat Wednesday 1st of January 1958 45-year old Peter Smart, his 42-year-old wife Doris and their 10-year old son Michael are shot dead by 31-year-old Serial killer Peter Thomas Anthony Manuel aka The Monster in Human Shape aka The Beast of Birkenshaw in 38 Sheepburn Road, Uddingston, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom. Manuel stayed in their household for nearly a week, eating leftovers from a Hogmanay meal and even feeding the family cat. (x) 55 years ago  Friday 1st of January 1971 32-year-old Foot fetishist and serial killer Jerry Jerome Henry Brudos aka The Lust Killer is treated for rectal bleeding in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States. (-) 54 years ago  Saturday 1st of January 1972 Actor, singer and entertainer Maurice Auguste Chevalier dies of a heart attack at the age of 84 in Hôpital Necker, Rue de Sèvres, XVe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. (x) 50 years ago  Thursday 1st of January 1976 81 die in Middle East Airlines Flight 438 Boeing 720B bomb explosion in Al Qaysumah, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia. According to several reports the bomb was planted on board by Omani militants but they were never identified. (x) 48 years ago  Sunday 1st of January 1978 213 die in Air India Boeing 747-237B Flight 855 crash in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, India. (x) 45 years ago  Thursday 1st of January 1981 Club Moral is founded by artists Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven and Danny Devos in Club Moral, Kattenberg 122, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. (x) 42 years ago  Sunday 1st of January 1984 Noise music band Club Moral play 'Now I am death, the destroyer of worlds' as their 28th concert in Monty, Montignystraat 3, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. (-) 31 years ago  Sunday 1st of January 1995 Serial killer Fred Frederick Walter Stephen West aka The House of Horrors Murderer commits suicide by hanging at the age of 54 in Winson Green Prison, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom. (-) 1 years ago  Wednesday 1st of January 2025 Suicide bomber Matthew Alan Livelsberger commits suicide by a shot through the head at the age of 38 in Trump International Hotel, 2000 Fashion Show Drive, Paradise, Nevada, United States. Livelsberger's Tesla Cybertruck, fitted with a detonation system composed of fireworks, gas tanks and camping fuel, exploded outside the main entrance of the hotel. Seven people were injured.

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