41st year - Nº 102 Sunday, 12 April 2026

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41st year - Nº 102 Sunday, 12 April 2026

12 April / Today's 31 Events:

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(-) 311 years ago Friday 12th of April 1715 Double murderer Jeremiah Meacham is executed by hanging at the age of 42 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Meacham killed his wife and her sister on 21 March 1715. Meacham was executed in front of several thousand spectators and his body was hung in gibbets.

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(+) 157 years ago Monday 12th of April 1869 Serial killer Henri Désiré Landru aka Le Barbe-Bleue de Gambais is born in 41 Rue Puebla, XIXe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 155 years ago Wednesday 12th of April 1871 General and dictator Ioannis Metaxas is born in Ithakē, Ionian Islands, Greece.

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(+) 141 years ago Sunday 12th of April 1885 Painter Robert Delaunay known for founding the Orphism art movement is born in Rue Boissière, XVIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(-) 131 years ago Friday 12th of April 1895 Minnie Flora Williams is raped, strangled and mutilated by double murderer Theodore Durrant aka The Demon in the Belfry in Emanuel Baptist Church, Bartlett Street, San Francisco, California, .

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(-) 109 years ago Thursday 12th of April 1917 Andrée-Anne Babelay is murdered by serial killer Henri Désiré Landru aka Le Barbe-Bleue de Gambais in l'Ermitage, Allée des Tilleuls et la Roserale, Gambais, Île-de-France, France. The entry in Landru's black notebook for that day was "4h 3'."

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(x) 107 years ago She Fainted Stark Naked Saturday 12th of April 1919 50-year-old Serial killer Henri Désiré Landru aka Le Barbe-Bleue de Gambais is arrested as Lucien Guillet in 76 Rue de Rochechouart, IXe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. At Guillet's house a drivers license with the name of Henri Désiré Landru and a little black book with eleven names of disappeared women in it was found by arresting officers Jean Belin and Riboulet. In the bedroom Landru's mistress Fernande Segret fainted and was found stark naked on the floor.

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(x) 105 years ago Tuesday 12th of April 1921 22-year-old Serial killer John Reginald Halliday Christie aka The Strangler of 10 Rillington Place is sentenced to 3 months imprisonment for stealing postal orders in Halifax Borough Police Court, Harrison Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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(+) 94 years ago He Came Tiptoeing Through the Tulips Tuesday 12th of April 1932 Falsetto singer and ukulele player Tiny Tim, originally Herbert Khaury is born in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.

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(+) 93 years ago Wednesday 12th of April 1933 Soprano Montserrat Caballé, originally María de Montserrat Bibiana Concepción Caballé i Folch is born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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(+) 86 years ago Friday 12th of April 1940 Musician, bandleader and composer Herbie Herbert Jeffrey Hancock is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(-) 81 years ago He Had a Terrific Pain Thursday 12th of April 1945 32nd President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 63 in Little White House, Warm Springs, Georgia, United States. Roosevelt said "I have a terrific pain in the back of my head" and then slumped forward in his chair.

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(-) 80 years ago Friday 12th of April 1946 Flemish nationalist leader August Borms is executed by the firing squad at the age of 68 in Etterbeek, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium.

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(+) 78 years ago Monday 12th of April 1948 Astrologer Howard Sasportas is born in Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

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(+) 76 years ago Wednesday 12th of April 1950 Actor and singer David Bruce Cassidy is born in Flower Hospital, 1249 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.

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(x) 65 years ago He Went Round and Round Wednesday 12th of April 1961 27-year-old Cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin known for becoming the first man in space becomes the first man to fly around the world in a Vostok 1 3KA-3 in Geocentric Orbit, Space.

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(+) 61 years ago Monday 12th of April 1965 Triple murderess Frances Elaine Newton is born in Houston, Texas, United States.

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(x) 61 years ago Monday 12th of April 1965 Singer-songwriter and musician Johnny Hallyday, originally Jean-Philippe Smet aka The French Elvis is born in Église Saint-Lucien, Loconville, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Hallyday and Vartan divorced in 1980.

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(-) 59 years ago He Was Jesus Christ Wednesday 12th of April 1967 Cop killer Aaron Mitchell is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 37 in San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California, United States. Mitchell was the only person to be executed in California during the term of Governor Ronald Reagan. Mitchell's last words were "I'm Jesus Christ."

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(-) 51 years ago Saturday 12th of April 1975 Dancer, singer and actress Josephine Baker, originally Freda Josephine McDonald aka The Bronze Venus or The Black Pearl dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 69 in Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Boulevard de l'Hôpital, XIIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. On 8 April 1975 Baker starred in a retrospective revue at the Bobino in Paris, 'Joséphine à Bobino 1975', celebrating her 50 years in show business. Four days later she was found lying peacefully in her bed surrounded by newspapers with glowing reviews of her performance. She was in a coma after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage.

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(x) 49 years ago Tuesday 12th of April 1977 42-year-old Serial killer Joseph Kallinger, originally Joseph Lee Brenner III aka The Shoemaker sets fire to his cell in Trenton State Prison, Trenton, New Jersey, United States.

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(+) 42 years ago Thursday 12th of April 1984 Fashion model Luisel Ramos is born in Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay.

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(x) 39 years ago Sunday 12th of April 1987 Noise music band Club Moral play their 69th concert during the Haters tour in Kijkhuis, Denneweg 56, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

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(-) 37 years ago Wednesday 12th of April 1989 Political and social activist and anarchist Abbie Abbot Howard Hoffman commits suicide by swallowing 150 phenobarbital tablets and liquor at the age of 53 in 3424 Sugan Road, Solebury Township, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(x) 29 years ago Saturday 12th of April 1997 Two trash bags with a foot, part of a leg and a head are found, presumed victims of Unidentified serial killer Le Dépeceur de Mons aka The Trash Bag Killer in Rue du Dépot, Havré, Hainaut, Belgium.

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(-) 28 years ago Sunday 12th of April 1998 Elisabetta Zoppetti is shot dead by serial killer Donato Bilancia aka Il Mostro della Liguria in Chiavari, Liguria, Italy. Bilancia boarded the Intercity La Spezia - Venice because he "wanted to kill a woman". He broke into the bathroom of the wagon and shot Zopetti.

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(-) 27 years ago Monday 12th of April 1999 Spree killer Marion Albert Pruett aka The Mad Dog Killer is executed by lethal injection at the age of 50 in Cummins Unit, Varner, Arkansas, United States.

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(-) 17 years ago Sunday 12th of April 2009 Porn actress Marilyn Chambers, originally Marilyn Ann Briggs dies of a cerebral hemorrhage and an aneurysm related to heart disease at the age of 57 in Santa Clarita, California, United States.

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12 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 12th of April 2014 Musician Aldo Struyf aka Aldolino and Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven aka AMVK in Frans Masereel Centrum, Masereeldijk 5, Kasterlee, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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10 years ago The Eyes had it Tuesday 12th of April 2016 A large cargo ship on the horizon in Cadzand, Zeeland, Netherlands.

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(-) 6 years ago Sunday 12th of April 2020 Formula One racer Sterling Craufurd Moss dies of a long illness at the age of 91 in Mayfair, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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