41st year - Nr 302 Thursday, 29 October 2026

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41st year - Nr 302 Thursday, 29 October 2026

29 October / Today's 21 Events:

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(x) 239 years ago Monday 29th of October 1787 The opera 'Don Giovanni' by 31-year-old Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, originally Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart premieres in Teatro di Praga, Praha, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia.

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(+) 165 years ago Tuesday 29th of October 1861 Karolina Olsson aka The Sleeper of Oknö known for remaining in hibernation for 32 years is born in Oknö, Småland, Sweden.

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(+) 129 years ago Friday 29th of October 1897 Nazi leader and Reichspropagandaleiter Joseph Paul Goebbels is born in Rheydt, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(-) 125 years ago He Was not Sorry for His Crime Tuesday 29th of October 1901 Assassin Leon Frank Czolgosz aka The Man who shot William McKinley is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 28 in Auburn Prison, State Street, Auburn, New York, United States. Czolgosz' last words were: "I killed the President because he was the enemy of the good people – the good working people. I am not sorry for my crime. I am sorry I could not see my father."

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(-) 115 years ago Starb Er Ganz Leise Sunday 29th of October 1911 Newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, originally József Pulitzer known for the Pulitzer Prizes dies of unknown causes at the age of 64 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Pulitzer listened to his German secretary read aloud about King Louis XI of France. As the secretary neared the end Pulitzer said: "Leise, ganz leise" and died.

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(+) 96 years ago Wednesday 29th of October 1930 Artist Niki Catherine-Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle is born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 94 years ago Saturday 29th of October 1932 Artist R. B. Ronald Brooks Kitaj is born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States.

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(+) 94 years ago Saturday 29th of October 1932 Serial killer Velma Margie Barfield, originally Margie Velma Bullard is born in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States.

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(-) 77 years ago Saturday 29th of October 1949 Occult teacher George Ivanovich Gurdjieff dies due to injuries suffered in a car crash in 1948 at the age of 83 in American Hospital, 63 Blvd Victor Hugo, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 73 years ago Thursday 29th of October 1953 Victim of Edmund Kemper aka The Co-ed Killer Anita Mary Luchessa is born in Stanislaus County, California, United States.

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(-) 69 years ago Tuesday 29th of October 1957 Luxury call girl Rosemarie Rosalie Marie Auguste Nitribitt is strangled and beaten to death by persons unknown at the age of 24 in Stiftstraße 36, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany. Several prominent citizens were exposed as Nitribitt's personal acquaintances. When it became clear that the police would not be able to find the murderer it was insinuated in the media that high-ranking personalities were trying to thwart any attempts at solving the crime.

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(x) 60 years ago Saturday 29th of October 1966 41-year-old Wiener Aktionist Otto Muehl performs 'Materialaktion nr. 33 / Aktionskonzert für Al Hansen' in Galerie Nächst St. Stephan, Grünangergasse 1, Wien, Wien, Austria.

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(x) 39 years ago Thursday 29th of October 1987 Geneviève M. is attacked by serial killer Thierry Paulin aka Le Tueur de la Pleine Lune in XIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(x) 31 years ago He Tried to Hide Sunday 29th of October 1995 22-year-old Serial killer Vadim Nikolayevich Ershov aka The Krasnoyrask Beast is arrested in Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsky Krai, Russia. Ershov attacked a 16-year-old girl and tried to take off her gold chain. Her cries were heard by relatives and Ershov tried to hide. One of the local women knocked him out with a fire extinguisher. A police squad arrived and took Ershov to the Railroad Police Department of Krasnoyarsk.

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(-) 29 years ago Wednesday 29th of October 1997 Founder of the Church of Satan Anton Szandor LaVey, originally Howard Stanton Levey dies of pulmonary edema at the age of 67 in St. Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States. LaVey was taken to St. Mary's, a Catholic hospital, because it was the closest available. For reasons open to speculation the time and date of his death was incorrectly (by two days) listed as the morning of Halloween on his death certificate.

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(-) 29 years ago Wednesday 29th of October 1997 James Loper is shot dead by serial killer Louis Peoples in Eight Mile Road, Stockton, California, United States.

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(x) 24 years ago Two Welders Were to Blame Tuesday 29th of October 2002 Over 60 die in International Trade Centre Blue Disco fire in International Trade Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area, Vietnam. Two welders were later arrested. They had been working at the disco on the second floor and it was suspected that sparks from their equipment may have started the blaze.

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21 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 29th of October 2005 Gardenworks on Art Farm, since we had no heavy equipment on hand some back-to-basics techniques were necessary to move a couple of nasty boulders in Yang Zhen, Shunyi, China.

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(x) 20 years ago Sunday 29th of October 2006 97 die in Aviation Development Company Flight 53 Boeing 737-2B7 crash in Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria. There were nine survivors.

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(x) 15 years ago Saturday 29th of October 2011 52-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Music for Excavations at 8213 West Summerdale Drive' in Cultuurcentrum, Minderbroedersgang 5, Mechelen, Antwerpen, Belgium. A music performance with machines and voice.

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(x) 4 years ago Saturday 29th of October 2022 156 die in Halloween crowd crush in Itaewon, Seoul, Seoul National Capital Area, South Korea.

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