41st year - Nr 158 Sunday, 7 June 2026

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41st year - Nr 158 Sunday, 7 June 2026

7 June / Today's 35 Events:

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(x) 927 years ago Wednesday 7th of June 1099 15.000 starving Christian soldiers march around the city as instructed by the papal legate for the crusade Adhemar in Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. The Siege lasted until 15 July.

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(x) 334 years ago It Occurred Around 11.43 am. Saturday 7th of June 1692 Port Royal disappears into the sea in just three minutes in Port Royal, Surrey, Jamaica. A stopped pocket watch found in the harbour in 1959 indicated that it occurred around 11.43 am.

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(+) 248 years ago Sunday 7th of June 1778 Men’s fashion pioneer Beau George Bryan Brummell is born in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(-) 183 years ago Wednesday 7th of June 1843 Poet Friedrich Johann Christian Hölderlin dies of hypochondria at the age of 73 in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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(+) 178 years ago Wednesday 7th of June 1848 Painter Paul Eugène Henri Gauguin is born in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 122 years ago Tuesday 7th of June 1904 Victim of Fritz Haarmann aka Der Hannover Werwolf Hans Sonnenfeld is born in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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(+) 109 years ago He Was Nobody Until Someone Loved Him Thursday 7th of June 1917 Singer and actor Dean Martin, originally Dino Paul Crocetti aka The King of Cool is born in Steubenville, Ohio, United States.

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(x) 100 years ago Monday 7th of June 1926 While taking his daily walk to the Sant Felip Neri church for his habitual prayer and confession, 74-year-old Architect Antoni Gaudí, originally Antoni Gaudí i Cornet aka God's Architect is struck by a passing tram and remains unconscious in Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Assumed to be a beggar because of his lack of identity documents and shabby clothing, the unconscious Gaudí did not receive immediate aid. Eventually a police officer transported him in a taxi to the Santa Creu Hospital where he received rudimentary care. He died on 10 June 1926.

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(-) 89 years ago Monday 7th of June 1937 Actress and sex symbol Jean Harlow, originally Harlean Harlow Carpenter aka The Blonde Bombshell dies of cerebral edema at the age of 26 in Good Samaritan Hospital, 1125 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, United States. There were also rumors that Harlow had died because of alcoholism, a botched abortion, over-dieting, sunstroke, poisoning due to platinum hair dye or various venereal diseases. However medical bulletins, hospital records and testimony of her relatives and friends prove it was kidney disease.

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(+) 86 years ago He Was not Unusual Friday 7th of June 1940 Singer Tom Jones, originally Thomas Jones Woodward is born in 57 Kingsland Terrace, Treforest, South Wales, United Kingdom.

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(+) 79 years ago Saturday 7th of June 1947 Double murderer George Douglas Lott aka The Fort Worth Courthouse Gunman is born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States.

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(-) 72 years ago Monday 7th of June 1954 Mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, computer scientist and philosopher Alan Mathison Turing aka The Father of Computer Science commits suicide by cyanide poisoning at the age of 42 in Copper Folly, 43 Adlington Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire, United Kingdom. When Turing's body was discovered, an apple lay half-eaten beside his bed, and although the apple was not tested for cyanide, it was speculated that this was the means by which a fatal dose was consumed. In 1952, Turing was convicted of acts of gross indecency after admitting to a sexual relationship with a man in Manchester. He was placed on probation and required to undergo hormone therapy.

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(+) 68 years ago Saturday 7th of June 1958 Musician Prince, originally Prince Rogers Nelson is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

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(+) 61 years ago Monday 7th of June 1965 Artist Damien Steven Hirst is born in Bristol, South West England, United Kingdom.

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(x) 61 years ago Monday 7th of June 1965 128 die in methane gas explosion in Kakanj, Bosna i Hercegovina, Yugoslavia.

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(-) 60 years ago Tuesday 7th of June 1966 Artist Jean / Hans Arp dies of unknown causes at the age of 80 in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland.

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(-) 59 years ago Wednesday 7th of June 1967 Bride of gangster Ronnie Kray Frances Elsie Shea commits suicide by acute barbiturate poisoning at the age of 24 in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 58 years ago Gab es eine Schimpftirade Friday 7th of June 1968 Viennese Aktionists Gunter Brüs, Otto Muehl, Peter Weibel and Oswald Wiener perform 'Kunst und Revolution' in Universität Wien, Wien, Wien, Austria. "Brus verstümmelte sich selbst, Muehl simulierte eine Onanierszene, und ich hielt mit brennendem Handschuh einen Vortrag, eine Schimpftirade gegen Österreichs Regierung."

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(-) 58 years ago Friday 7th of June 1968 Member of the Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) Txabi Etxebarrieta aka Xabier Etxebarrieta Ortiz becomes the first ETA member killed in action by the Guardia Civil at the age of 24 in Tolosa, Guipúzcoa, Spain.

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(x) 54 years ago Suchte Sie Sich Noch Ein Paar Strümpfe Wednesday 7th of June 1972 32-year-old Member of the Rote Armee Fraktion Gudrun Ensslin is arrested in Edelboutique Linette, Jungfernstieg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. A sales clerk had noticed Ensslin's concealed guns in her leather jacket.

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(-) 53 years ago Thursday 7th of June 1973 William Ray 'Billy' Lawrence is raped, tortured and strangled by serial killer Dean Corll aka The Candyman in 2020 Lamar Drive, Pasadena, Texas, United States. Wayne Henley and David Owens joined Corll in the event. Lawrence was buried at Lake Sam Rayburn.

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(x) 49 years ago He Rested in the Mountains for Six Days Tuesday 7th of June 1977 31-year-old Serial killer Ted Theodore Robert Bundy aka The Only Living Witness opens a window of the Law Library, drops 30 feet and escapes in Pitkin County Courthouse, 506 E Main Street, Aspen, Colorado, United States. Bundy made it all the way to the top of Aspen Mountain without being detected and rested for two days in an abandoned hunting cabin. Despite being stricken with fatigue, sleep-deprivation and in constant and intense pain from a sprained right ankle Bundy drove back into Aspen and could have gotten away, but two police deputies noticed the Cadillac with dimmed headlights weaving in and out of its lane and pulled him over on 13 June 1977.

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(-) 46 years ago Saturday 7th of June 1980 Writer Henry Valentine Miller dies of circulatory complications at the age of 89 in 444 Ocampo Drive, Pacific Palisades, California, United States.

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(x) 45 years ago Sunday 7th of June 1981 43-year-old Wiener Aktionist Hermann Nitsch performs his 72. Aktion for Pfingsfest in Schloss Prinzendorf, Schloss Straße 1, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, Niederösterreich, Austria. Nitsch' 72. Aktion for Pfingsfest lasted 12 hours.

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(x) 41 years ago Friday 7th of June 1985 23-year-old Serial killer Waldemar Stepinski aka The Doorbell Killer is sentenced to life-imprisonment in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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(x) 37 years ago Wednesday 7th of June 1989 176 die in Surinam Airways Flight 764 McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62 crash in Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport, Zanderij, Paramaribo, Suriname. Eleven people survived.

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(-) 33 years ago The Cat Was Mouth to Mouth Monday 7th of June 1993 Andrew Collier is strangled by serial killer Colin Ireland aka The Gay Slayer in Dalston, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Ireland also strangled Collier's cat. He put a condom on Collier's penis and placed the dead cat's mouth over it and placed the cat's tail into Collier's mouth.

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27 years ago The Eyes had it Monday 7th of June 1999 Creative woodworks for Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven aka AMVK's installation on the occasion of the 'Trattenendosi' exhibition in Zitelle, Antichi Granai, Giudecca 34, Venezia, Veneto, Italy.

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(x) 26 years ago Wednesday 7th of June 2000 Noise music band Club Moral play their 85th concert in Bierland, Korte Nieuwstraat 28, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 25 years ago Thursday 7th of June 2001 Falun Gong practicer Li Yinping is tortured to death for merely visiting a Falun Gong practitioner's home in Majia Village on 4 June at the age of 37 in Shouguang Detention Center, Shouguang, Shandong, China. Team leader Wang Peilin and other guards shocked Yinping's genitals with electric batons. Her body turned dark purple and black and she lost consciousness several times.

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(-) 21 years ago Tuesday 7th of June 2005 Murderer Alexander Rey Martinez is executed by lethal injection at the age of 29 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Martinez' last meal request was for a cheeseburger, scrambled eggs, mashed potatoes with gravy, bacon, orange juice, fried steak, a fried pork chop, onion rings, french fries, a quarter fried chicken and a bowl of shredded cheese.

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(-) 20 years ago He Was Not So Safe Wednesday 7th of June 2006 Emir of Al Qaeda in the Country of Two Rivers Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, originally Ahmad Fadeel al-Nazal al-Khalayleh is killed in a targeted killing by two United States Air Force F-16C jets at the age of 40 in al-Qaeda Safehouse, Ba‘qūbah, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. Among five others killed were one of al-Zarqawi's wives and their child and one of his key lieutenants, spiritual adviser Sheik Abd-Al-Rahman.

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(-) 17 years ago Sunday 7th of June 2009 Musician Hugh Colin Hopper known from the band ‘Soft Machine’ dies of leukemia at the age of 64 in Whitstable, Kent, United Kingdom.

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(-) 13 years ago He Was Stalked by the Morning Friday 7th of June 2013 Serial killer Richard Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez aka The Night Stalker dies of complications secondary to B-cell lymphoma at the age of 53 in Marin General Hospital, 250 Bon Air Road, Greenbrae, California, United States. At 53 years old, Ramirez had been on death row for more than 23 years awaiting execution by the state of California.

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(-) 11 years ago Sunday 7th of June 2015 Actor Christopher Frank Carandini Lee known for his role as Count Dracula dies of respiratory problems at the age of 93 in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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