41st year - Nr 197 Thursday, 16 July 2026

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41st year - Nr 197 Thursday, 16 July 2026

16 July / Today's 30 Events:

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(-) 469 years ago Tuesday 16th of July 1557 Fourth wife of Henry VIII Anna von Kleve dies of cancer at the age of 42 in Chelsea Manor, Chelsea, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. von Kleve was the last of Henry's six wives to die.

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(+) 154 years ago Tuesday 16th of July 1872 Explorer Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen is born in Borge, Østlandet, Norway.

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(-) 119 years ago Tuesday 16th of July 1907 Kidnapper and child murderer Leonardo Gebbia is executed by hanging at the age of 21 in Hahnville, Louisiana, United States.

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(+) 115 years ago Sunday 16th of July 1911 Dancer, singer and actress Ginger Rogers, originally Virginia Katherine McMath is born in 100 Moore Street, Independence, Missouri, United States.

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(+) 106 years ago Friday 16th of July 1920 Actor Edwin Cooper aka Bozo the Clown is born in Arlington, Texas, United States.

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(+) 97 years ago Tuesday 16th of July 1929 Serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate is born in Mound City, Missouri, United States.

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(-) 93 years ago Sunday 16th of July 1933 Black James Sanders is lynched by repeated shots for writing obscene letters to a white girl at the age of 25 in Bolton, Mississippi, United States.

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(-) 90 years ago She Smoked Unconscious Thursday 16th of July 1936 Murderess Mary Frances Creighton aka The Long Island Borgia is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 37 in Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York, United States. Creighton had passed out prior to the execution and was executed in an unconscious state.

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(-) 90 years ago Thursday 16th of July 1936 Murderer Everett C. Applegate is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 37 in Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York, United States.

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(+) 85 years ago Wednesday 16th of July 1941 Musician Desmond Dekker, originally Desmond Adolphus Dacres is born in Saint Andrew Parish, Surrey, Jamaica.

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(-) 84 years ago Thursday 16th of July 1942 Kurt Kneller is murdered by doctor and serial killer Marcel Petiot aka The Triangular Chamber of Death Murderer in 21 Rue Le Sueur, XVIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(x) 75 years ago Monday 16th of July 1951 The novel 'The Catcher in the Rye' by 32-year-old Writer J. D. Jerome David Salinger known for his novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ is first published by Little, Brown and Company in New York City, New York, United States. The Catcher in the Rye was a popular success; within two months of its publication it had been reprinted eight times.

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(x) 74 years ago Wednesday 16th of July 1952 14-year-old Serial killer Ian Brady, originally Ian Duncan Stewart aka The Moors Murderers (with Myra Hindley) is charged with housebreaking in Govan Juvenile Court, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Brady got off with a minimal sentence on probation.

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(+) 72 years ago Friday 16th of July 1954 Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Eva Sybille Haule-Frimpong is born in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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(-) 72 years ago Friday 16th of July 1954 Cop killer Merle Martin is executed by hanging at the age of 45 in United States Penitentiary, Metropolitan Avenue, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States.

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(x) 60 years ago He Was Born to Lose Saturday 16th of July 1966 25-year-old Mass murderer Richard Benjamin Speck aka Born to Raise Hell tries to commit suicide by slashing his wrists in Starr Hotel, 617 W. Madison, Chicago, Illinois, United States. Speck was taken to Cook County Hospital at 12:30 a.m. the next day. At the hospital Speck was recognized by 25-year-old surgical Dr. LeRoy Smith, who had read about the murderer's 'Born To Raise Hell' tattoo in a newspaper story.

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(x) 45 years ago Thursday 16th of July 1981 52-year-old Serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate is arrested as Richard Clark while abducting 11-year-old Todd Peers in Bettendorf, Iowa, United States.

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(-) 44 years ago Friday 16th of July 1982 Actor Patrick Dewaere, originally Patrick Jean Marie Henri Bourdeaux commits suicide by a shot in his mouth at the age of 35 in 25 Impasse du Moulin-Vert, XIVe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Dewaere used a 22 Long Rifle given to him by Coluche.

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(-) 41 years ago Tuesday 16th of July 1985 Writer Heinrich Theodor Böll dies of angiopathy at the age of 68 in Langenbroich, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(-) 37 years ago Sunday 16th of July 1989 Conductor Herbert Ritter von Karajan dies of a heart attack at the age of 81 in Anif, Salzburg, Austria.

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23 years ago The Eyes had it Wednesday 16th of July 2003 Interesting shopwindows in the Indian shopping district in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia.

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(x) 22 years ago Friday 16th of July 2004 94 die in school fire in Krishna English Medium School, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India.

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(x) 16 years ago Friday 16th of July 2010 A High Court decides that 64-year-old Serial killer Peter William Sutcliffe aka The Yorkshire Ripper will never be released during his lifetime in Broadmoor Hospital, Crowthorne, Berkshire, United Kingdom. Sutcliffe was given 20 life terms in 1981 for thirteen murders and seven other attacks. In prison he changed his name to Peter Coonan.

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(-) 12 years ago Wednesday 16th of July 2014 Musician Johnny John Dawson Winter dies of unknown causes at the age of 70 in Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

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11 years ago The Eyes had it Thursday 16th of July 2015 The ruins of an abandoned abbey, destroyed by an earthquake in 1783 in Gioiosa Vecchio, Sicilia, Italy.

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(-) 10 years ago Frankie Left the Building Saturday 16th of July 2016 Musician Alan Vega, originally Boruch Alan Bermowitz known from Proto Punk band Suicide dies of natural causes at the age of 78 in New York City, New York, United States.

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(-) 9 years ago The Zombies Came to Take Him Away Sunday 16th of July 2017 Film director George Andrew Romero aka The Grandfather of the Zombie known for Night of the Living Dead dies of lung cancer at the age of 77 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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(-) 6 years ago Thursday 16th of July 2020 Kidnapper and murderer Wesley Ira Purkey is executed by lethal injection at the age of 67 in United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States.

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(-) 3 years ago Sunday 16th of July 2023 Actress and singer Jane Mallory Birkin dies of unknown causes at the age of 77 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(x) 2 years ago Tuesday 16th of July 2024 Six people are found dead, poisoned by cyanide, in room 502 believed to be a case of murder-suicide in Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, 494 Ratchadamri Rd, Lumphini, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand. Four of the victims were Vietnamese nationals; 46-year-old Thi Nguyen Phuong, her 49-year-old husband Hong Pham Thanh, 47-year-old Thi Nguyen Phuong Lan and 37-year-old Dinh Tran Phu. The other two were American citizens of Vietnamese origin; 56-year-old Sherine Chong, and 55-year-old Dang Hung Van.

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