41st year - Nr 198 Friday, 17 July 2026

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41st year - Nr 198 Friday, 17 July 2026

17 July / Today's 30 Events:

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(-) 233 years ago Wednesday 17th of July 1793 Assassin Charlotte Corday aka l'Ange de l'Assassinat known for the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat in his bath is executed by the Guillotine at the age of 25 in VIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(+) 137 years ago Wednesday 17th of July 1889 Lawyer and writer Erle Stanley Gardner known for creating Perry Mason is born in Malden, Massachusetts, United States.

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(+) 127 years ago Monday 17th of July 1899 Actor James Francis Cagney is born in New York City, New York, United States.

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(+) 125 years ago Wednesday 17th of July 1901 Victim of Fritz Haarmann aka Der Hannover Werwolf Friedel Rothe is born in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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(-) 108 years ago Wednesday 17th of July 1918 Emperor of Russia Nikolai II aka Nikolai the Bloody is executed by a firing squad led by Bolshevik officer Yakov Yurovsky at the age of 50 in Ipatiev House, Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. 46-year-old Tsaritsa Alexandra, their children 17-year-old Anastasia, 21-year-old Tatiana, 22-year-old Olga, 13-year-old Alexei and 19-year-old Maria survived the first hail of bullets; the sisters were wearing over 1.3 kilograms of diamonds and precious gems sewn into their clothing, which provided some initial protection from the bullets and bayonets. They were then stabbed with bayonets and finally shot at close range in their heads.� �Non-family members 53-year-old court physician Eugene Botkin, 40-year-old servant Anna Demidova, 62-year-old head footman Alexei Trupp and 36-year-old head cook Ivan Kharitonov were killed with them.

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(+) 91 years ago Wednesday 17th of July 1935 Actor Donald McNichol Sutherland is born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

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(-) 84 years ago Friday 17th of July 1942 Greta Kneller is presumably 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) 82 years ago Monday 17th of July 1944 320 die in Liberty ship SS E. A. Bryan explosion in Port Chicago Naval Magazine, Port Chicago, California, United States.

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(+) 81 years ago Tuesday 17th of July 1945 Victim of Harvey Louis Carignan aka The Want-Ad Killer Eileen Marie Fisher Hunley is born in Hutchinson Reno County, Kansas, United States.

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(+) 80 years ago He Was Aphrodite's Child Wednesday 17th of July 1946 Singer-songwriter Demis Roussos, originally Artemios Ventouris-Roussos is born in Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt.

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(-) 72 years ago Saturday 17th of July 1954 Presumed murderess Marguerite Jeanne 'Meg' Japy Steinheil aka Lady Abinger aka Mme de Serignac known for her many love affairs with important men dies of natural causes at the age of 85 in Hove, East Sussex, United Kingdom.

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(x) 71 years ago Sunday 17th of July 1955 54-year-old Film director and animator Walt Walter Elias Disney opens his first attraction park in Disneyland, Anaheim, California, United States. It is the only theme park designed and built under the direct supervision of Walt Disney himself.

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(+) 68 years ago Thursday 17th of July 1958 Film director Kar-wai Wong is born in Shanghai, China.

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(-) 67 years ago Friday 17th of July 1959 Singer-songwriter Billie Holiday, originally Eleanora Fagan aka Lady Day dies of pulmonary edema and heart failure caused by cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 44 in Metropolitan Hospital, Harlem, New York, New York, United States. On 31 May Holiday was taken to hospital with liver and heart disease. She was arrested for drug possession as she lay dying and her hospital room was raided. Holiday stayed under police guard until she died.

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(+) 58 years ago Wednesday 17th of July 1968 Serial killer Yang Xinhai aka The Monster Killer is born in Zhengyang County, Henan, China.

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(x) 55 years ago Saturday 17th of July 1971 46-year-old Satan worshipper and serial rapist Edward John Louis Paisnel aka The Beast of Jersey is arrested in Saint Helier, Jersey, United Kingdom.

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(x) 51 years ago Thursday 17th of July 1975 40-year-old Serial killer Fritz Friedrich Paul Honka aka Der Frauen-Schlächter von St. Pauli is arrested in Zeißstrasse 74, Ottensen, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. After a fire in the apartment below Honka's attic flat the police found bodyparts of four women.

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(x) 49 years ago Sunday 17th of July 1977 The villa of 78-year-old War criminal and art collector Pieter Nicolaas Menten is burned to the ground by persons unknown in Vliegweg, Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

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(x) 45 years ago Friday 17th of July 1981 114 die in Hyatt Regency walkway collapse in Hyatt Regency Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri, United States.

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(x) 44 years ago Saturday 17th of July 1982 Noise music band Club Moral play their 17th concert in an exhibition by Janos Veto in Szentendre, Pest, Hungary.

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(-) 30 years ago Wednesday 17th of July 1996 Nazi collaborator Paul Touvier dies of prostate cancer at the age of 81 in Prison de Fresnes, Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, France.

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(x) 30 years ago Wednesday 17th of July 1996 230 die in TWA Flight 800 Boeing 747-100 explosion in Moriches Inlet, East Moriches, New York, United States.

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23 years ago The Eyes had it Thursday 17th of July 2003 10 Minutes Before the Worm in Butterfly Park, Jalan Cendarasari, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia.

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(x) 23 years ago Thursday 17th of July 2003 After spending 38 years behind bars 63-year-old Serial killer Klaus Gosmann aka Der Mittagsmörder appeals for a release from prison in Regensburg, Bayern, Germany. Gosmann's appeal was denied.

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(-) 20 years ago He Was Deadly Kissed Monday 17th of July 2006 Writer Mickey Frank Morrison Spillane known for his signature detective character Mike Hammer dies of pancreatic cancer at the age of 88 in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, United States.

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(x) 19 years ago Tuesday 17th of July 2007 199 die in TAM Airlines Flight 3054 Airbus A320-233 runway crash in São Paulo, Região Sudeste, Brazil || Congonhas-São Paulo Airport, São Paulo, Região Sudeste, Brazil.

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(-) 17 years ago Friday 17th of July 2009 CBS anchorman Walter Leland Cronkite aka The Most Trusted Man in America dies of cerebrovascular disease at the age of 93 in New York City, New York, United States.

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17 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 17th of July 2009 An Easter Bunny lost in time in Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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11 years ago The Eyes had it Friday 17th of July 2015 Blurred vision on the bus from Catania to Messina in Taormina, Sicilia, Italy.

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(-) 6 years ago Friday 17th of July 2020 Multiple murderer Dustin Lee Honken is executed by lethal injection at the age of 52 in Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Honken's last words were "Hail Mary, Mother of God, pray for me."

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