41st year - Nr 296 Friday, 23 October 2026

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41st year - Nr 296 Friday, 23 October 2026

23 October / Today's 22 Events:

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(+) 535 years ago Friday 23rd of October 1491 Founder of the Jesuits Ignatius de Loyola is born in Santuario de Loyola, Azpeita, Gipuzkoa, .

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(+) 133 years ago Monday 23rd of October 1893 Vaudeville performer Gummo Milton Marx known from the Marx Brothers is born in New York City, New York, United States.

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(-) 116 years ago Sunday 23rd of October 1910 King of Siam Rama V, originally Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poraminthra Maha Chulalongkorn Phra Chunla Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua aka The Royal Buddha dies of a kidney disease at the age of 57 in Phra Ratcha Wang Dusit, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand.

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(-) 105 years ago Sunday 23rd of October 1921 Inventor John Boyd Dunlop dies of unknown causes at the age of 81 in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland.

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(x) 103 years ago Tuesday 23rd of October 1923 21-year-old Dancer, actress, film director and photographer Leni Helene Bertha Amalie Riefenstahl performs her first solo dance performance in Tonhalle, Grafinger Straße 6, München, Bayern, Germany.

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(+) 101 years ago Johnny was Heeeeeeeeere! Friday 23rd of October 1925 Television host Johnny Carson known for ‘The Tonight Show’ is born in Coming, Iowa, United States.

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(+) 99 years ago Sunday 23rd of October 1927 Installation artist Ed Edward Ralph Kienholz is born in Fairfield, Washington, United States.

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(-) 84 years ago Friday 23rd of October 1942 Murderer Donald Harry Fearn is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 27 in Colorado State Penitentiary, Cañon City, Colorado, United States. Fearn received his death sentence for kidnapping, raping, torturing and shooting 16-year-old high school student Alice Porter. Thirty-six hours before the murder Fearn's wife gave birth to their second child.

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(-) 76 years ago Monday 23rd of October 1950 Singer, actor and comedian Al Jolson, originally Asa Yoelson aka The World's Greatest Entertainer dies of a heart attack at the age of 64 in St. Francis Hotel, 335 Powell Street, San Francisco, California, United States. Jolson was playing cards in his suite at the hotel. His last words were said to be "Boys, I'm going."

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(-) 65 years ago Monday 23rd of October 1961 Murderer Arthur Schuck is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 45 in Rockview Penitentiary, Benner Township, Pennsylvania, United States.

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(-) 54 years ago Monday 23rd of October 1972 Wendell Hubbard is stabbed to death and his penis severed by unidentified serial killer Charlie Chop-off in Harlem, New York, New York, United States.

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(x) 53 years ago Tuesday 23rd of October 1973 Start of the trial against 25-year-old Serial killer Edmund Emil Kemper aka The Co-ed Killer for the murder of 6 coeds, his mother and her friend in Santa Cruz, California, United States.

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(x) 50 years ago A Portion of His Skull Needed Replacement Saturday 23rd of October 1976 Carl Denaro is shot in the head by serial killer David Berkowitz aka Son of Sam in Browne Park, Queens, New York, New York, United States. Denaro survived as his 18-year-old girlfriend Rosemary Keenan quickly started the car and sped away for help. Denaro eventually needed a metal plate to replace a portion of his skull.

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(x) 45 years ago Friday 23rd of October 1981 Noise music band Club Moral play their second concert in Cool Gate, Rue Simonis 23, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium. Also played: Etat Brut, Pseudocode, Mécanique Végétale.

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(-) 45 years ago Friday 23rd of October 1981 26-year-old Stefano Baldi and 24-year-old Susanna Cambi are shot and stabbed to death by Unidentified serial killer Il Mostro di Firenze in Calenzano, Toscana, Italy. Cambi's pubic area was cut out.

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(-) 44 years ago Saturday 23rd of October 1982 Steven Crockett is beaten and stabbed to death by serial killer Larry Eyler aka The Leather Boy Killer in Kankakee, Illinois, United States.

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(-) 37 years ago Monday 23rd of October 1989 June Stott is abducted, assaulted and strangled by serial killer Arthur Shawcross aka The Genesee River Killer in Rochester, New York, United States. Stott was found on 23 November in the Genesee Gorge.

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(-) 34 years ago Friday 23rd of October 1992 Triple murderer John Starling Gardner is executed by lethal injection at the age of 34 in Raleigh State Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Gardner's last words were "All I have to say is if more parents would raise their children in God-fearing homes, maybe some of them wouldn't end up in the position I'm in."

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(-) 28 years ago Friday 23rd of October 1998 Murderess Winnie Ruth Judd aka The Trunk Murderess dies of natural causes at the age of 93 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.

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(x) 22 years ago Saturday 23rd of October 2004 Noise music band Club Moral play their 106th concert at the La Belgique 666 Points festival in Ancienne Belgique, Boulevard Anspach 110, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium. Also playing were Mirror, Meidert Talma en The Negroes, Tom Barman, Dez Mona, Berg Sans Nipple, Franco Saint De Bakker, Evil Superstars, Dirk Freenoise, Ultracowboy, Darkbrown Feeling, Sickboy, DJ Carlo Andriani(Tune Up), Esther Venrooy, Rudy Trouvé Sextet, Creature With The Atom Brain, Blutch, Der D raaiguitaar, Meeuw presents Jack The Rapper, Darkbrown Feeling, Echokrank, Dj Freaksendfuture, Sukilove, Parallels, I Love Sarah,....

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21 years ago The Eyes had it Sunday 23rd of October 2005 One threewheeler helping out another one along the way in Tunnel Warfare Museum, Jiaozhuanghu, Shunyi, China.

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(-) 12 years ago Thursday 23rd of October 2014 Musician Alvin Stardust, originally Bernard William Jewry dies of prostate cancer at the age of 72 in Muswell Hill, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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