41st year - Nr 160 Tuesday, 9 June 2026

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41st year - Nr 160 Tuesday, 9 June 2026

9 June / Today's 30 Events:

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(x) 1973 years ago Monday 9th of June 0053 16-year-old 5th Emperor of the Roman Empire Nero, originally Nerō Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus marries his step-sister Claudia Octavia in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(-) 1958 years ago Saturday 9th of June 0068 5th Emperor of the Roman Empire Nero, originally Nerō Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus commits suicide by cutting his throat at the age of 31 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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(-) 156 years ago He Was on the Ground Thursday 9th of June 1870 Writer and social critic Charles John Huffam Dickens aka Boz dies of a heart attack at the age of 58 in Gads Hill Place, Higham, Kent, United Kingdom. Dickens' last words were: "On the ground" in response to his sister-in-law Georgina's request that he lie down.

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(+) 134 years ago Thursday 9th of June 1892 Composer and songwriter Cole Albert Porter is born in Peru, Indiana, United States.

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(-) 130 years ago Tuesday 9th of June 1896 Murderer Henry Fowler is executed by hanging by James Billington at the age of 31 in Newgate Prison, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 130 years ago Tuesday 9th of June 1896 Murderer Albert Milsom is executed by hanging by James Billington at the age of 34 in Newgate Prison, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 118 years ago Tuesday 9th of June 1908 Victim of Fritz Haarmann aka Der Hannover Werwolf Hermann Wolf is born in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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(-) 110 years ago Friday 9th of June 1916 Cop killer N. B. Chavez is executed by hanging at the age of 36 in Arizona State Prison Complex, 1305 E Butte Avenue, Florence, Arizona, United States.

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(x) 103 years ago Saturday 9th of June 1923 44-year-old Serial killer Fritz Friedrich Heinrich Karl Haarmann aka Der Hannover Werwolf moves into a new apartment in Das Mordhaus, Rote Reihe 4, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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(-) 99 years ago Thursday 9th of June 1927 Emily Patterson is raped and strangled by serial killer Earle Leonard Nelson aka The Gorilla Murderer in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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(+) 85 years ago Monday 9th of June 1941 Victim of Jack the Stripper Helen Catherine Barthelemy is born in Meadowbank Crescent, Ormiston, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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(+) 81 years ago Saturday 9th of June 1945 Cyclist Luis Ocaña, originally Jesús Luis Ocaña Pernía is born in Priego, Cuenca, Spain.

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(-) 80 years ago Sunday 9th of June 1946 King of Thailand Rama VIII, originally Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramentharamaha Ananda Mahidol Phra Atthama Ramathibodindara aka Ananda Mahidol dies of a gunshot in the forehead at the age of 21 in Phra Thinang Boromphiman, Siwalai Garden, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand. The circumstances of Rama VIII's death or his eventual murder have never been clear.

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(+) 76 years ago Friday 9th of June 1950 Victim of Marcel Barbeault aka Le Tueur de l’Ombre Mauricette Maria Van Hyfte is born in Bailleval, Oise, France.

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(x) 66 years ago Thursday 9th of June 1960 20-year-old Serial rapist and murderer Mike James Mitchell DeBardeleben aka The Lethal Shadow marries 17-year-old Charlotte Weber in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.

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(+) 63 years ago Sunday 9th of June 1963 Actor Johnny Christopher Depp is born in Owensboro, Kentucky, United States.

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(x) 56 years ago Tuesday 9th of June 1970 Bomb attack by Radical left organisation the Weather Underground on the police headquarters in response to police brutality in New York City, New York, United States.

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(x) 54 years ago Friday 9th of June 1972 23-year-old Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion and Sozialistisches Patientenkollektiv Brigitte Margret Ida Mohnhaupt is arrested in Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Mohnhaupt was charged and sentenced to prison for involvement with a criminal organization, identity document forgery and illegal weapon possession.

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(x) 45 years ago Tuesday 9th of June 1981 Start of the trial against 31-year-old Serial killer Randall Brent 'Randy' Woodfield aka The I-5 Killer in Salem, Oregon, United States.

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(-) 43 years ago Thursday 9th of June 1983 African National Congress member Thelle Simon Mogoerane is executed by hanging at the age of 23 in Pretoria Central Prison, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

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(-) 43 years ago Thursday 9th of June 1983 African National Congress member Jerry Semano Mosololi is executed by hanging at the age of 25 in Pretoria Central Prison, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

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(-) 43 years ago Thursday 9th of June 1983 African National Congress member Marcus Thabo Motaung is executed by hanging at the age of 27 in Pretoria Central Prison, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

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(-) 40 years ago Monday 9th of June 1986 Cop killer Rudy Ramos Esquivel is executed by lethal injection at the age of 51 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(-) 40 years ago Monday 9th of June 1986 Janet Cockett is strangled by serial killer Kenneth Erskine aka The Stockwell Strangler in Overton Road Estate, Stockwell, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 31 years ago Friday 9th of June 1995 46-year-old Xenophobic serial bomber Franz Fuchs sends a bomb to TV host Arabella Kiesbauer in München, Bayern, Germany.

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27 years ago The Eyes had it Wednesday 9th of June 1999 A chance meeting with Luisa Rabbia at the Biennale in Venezia, Veneto, Italy.

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(-) 26 years ago Friday 9th of June 2000 Pop artist George Segal dies of unknown causes at the age of 76 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States.

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(-) 11 years ago Tuesday 9th of June 2015 Bandleader and composer James Hans Last dies of natural causes at the age of 86 in Palm Beach, Florida, United States.

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(-) 9 years ago He Returned to the Batcave Friday 9th of June 2017 Actor Adam West, originally William West Anderson known for his role as Batman dies of leukemia at the age of 89 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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(-) 1 years ago Monday 9th of June 2025 Writer, journalist and former spy Frederick McCarthy Forsyth known for his novel ‘The Day of the Jackal’ dies of a short illness at the age of 87 in Jordans, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.

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