15 March / Today's 31 Events:
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2071 years ago Wednesday 15th of March 0045bc
Dictator of the Roman Empire Julius Gaius Caesar is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators at the age of 145 in Theatrum Pompeii, Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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259 years ago Sunday 15th of March 1767
7th President of the United States Andrew Jackson aka Old Hickoryis born in Waxhaws, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States.
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206 years ago Wednesday 15th of March 1820
Maine is admitted as 23rd of the United States in Augusta, Maine, United States.
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119 years ago Friday 15th of March 1907
Actress Zarah Leander, originally Sara Stina Hedberg is born in Karlstad, Värmland, Sweden.
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103 years ago Thursday 15th of March 1923
53-year-old Political theorist and communist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, originally Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov is struck by a third stroke in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.
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93 years ago Wednesday 15th of March 1933
Murderer Emmanuel Lavictoire is executed by hanging at the age of 51 in Prison de L'Orignal, 1023 Queen Street, L'Orignal, Ontario, Canada.
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93 years ago Wednesday 15th of March 1933
Murderer William Larocque is executed by hanging at the age of 57 in Prison de L'Orignal, 1023 Queen Street, L'Orignal, Ontario, Canada.
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91 years ago Friday 15th of March 1935
Evangelist Jimmy Lee Swaggart is born in Ferriday, Louisiana, United States.
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89 years ago Monday 15th of March 1937
Horror fiction writer H. P. Howard Philips Lovecraft dies of cancer of the small intestine at the age of 47 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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83 years ago Monday 15th of March 1943
Film director David Paul Cronenberg aka Dave Deprave aka The Baron of Blood is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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79 years ago Saturday 15th of March 1947
Sadist murderer Marc Fasquel is born in La Chaussée-Tirancourt, Hauts de France, France.
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74 years ago Saturday 15th of March 1952
Double murderer William Dean Wickline aka The Butcher is born in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, United States.
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69 years ago Friday 15th of March 1957
Kidnapper and murderer Burton Wilbur 'Bud' Abbott is executed by the gas chamber at the age of 29 in San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California, United States.
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64 years ago Thursday 15th of March 1962
Presumed murderer Carlos DeLuna is born in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States.
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63 years ago Friday 15th of March 1963
37-year-old Murderer Geza de Kaplany, originally Geza F. P. Kaplany de Kaplanyhaza aka The Acid Doctor is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder torture of his wife Geza de Kaplany with a mixture of hydrochloric, sulfuric and nitric acid in San Jose, California, United States.
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63 years ago An Olive Tree Would SproutFriday 15th of March 1963
Murderer Victor Harry Feguer is executed by hanging at the age of 28 in Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison, Iowa, United States.
Feguer's last meal request was for a single olive with the pit still in it. He told guards he hoped an olive tree would sprout from his grave as a sign of peace. Feguer was buried in an unmarked grave in Fort Madison City Cemetery in Iowa wearing a second new suit that was provided for his burial. |
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51 years ago Saturday 15th of March 1975
Shipping magnate and businessman Aristotelis Socrates Onassisdies of respiratory failure at the age of 69 in American Hospital, 63 Blvd Victor Hugo, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France.
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51 years ago Saturday 15th of March 1975
Julie Cunningham is abducted, sexually assaulted and strangled by serial killer Ted Bundy aka The Only Living Witness in Vail, Colorado, United States.
Weeks later Bundy made the six-hour drive from Salt Lake City, Utah to revisit her remains buried in Rifle, Colorado. |
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49 years ago Tuesday 15th of March 1977
Jon Prestidge is strangled by serial killer John Wayne Gacy aka The Killer Clown in 8213 West Summerdale Avenue, Cook, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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49 years ago Tuesday 15th of March 1977
42-year-old Serial killer Joseph Kallinger, originally Joseph Lee Brenner III aka The Shoemaker tries to commit suicide by setting himself on fire in Camden County Jail, 330 Federal Street, Camden, New Jersey, United States.
A week later Kallinger was moved to Trenton State Prison for psychiatric care. |
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45 years ago Sunday 15th of March 1981
31-year-old Irish republican hunger striker Francis Hughes, originally Proinsias Ó hAodha starts hungerstriking in Maze Prison, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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42 years ago Thursday 15th of March 1984
Colleen Emily Orsborn is abducted and killed by serial killerChristopher Wilder aka The Beauty Queen Killer in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States.
Orsborn's remains were finally identified in March 2011 through a DNA match with her sister 27 years after she went missing |
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38 years ago Tuesday 15th of March 1988
Murderer Willie Jasper Darden is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 55 in Florida State Prison, 23916 NW 83rd Ave., Raiford, Florida, United States.
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33 years ago Monday 15th of March 1993
44-year-old Mustapha Mohamed 'Haj' Tabit is sentenced to death for indecent assault, rape, violence, abduction and of sequestrating a married woman, in addition to other assaults in Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco.
Tabit was arrested in February for carrying pornographic tapes that featured more than 500 women and several important political figures. Around thirty people were accused of their complicity and involvement and were sentenced to various penalties. |
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29 years ago Saturday 15th of March 1997
Artist Victor Vasarely, originally Vásárhelyi Győző aka The Grandfather of Op Art dies of prostate cancer at the age of 91 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
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28 years ago Sunday 15th of March 1998
Pediatrician Benjamin McLane Spock dies of cancer at the age of 95 in La Jolla, California, United States.
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26 years ago Wednesday 15th of March 2000
Serial rapist and murderer Darrell Keith Rich aka The Hilltop Rapist is executed by lethal injection at the age of 45 in San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California, United States.
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26 years ago Wednesday 15th of March 2000
Double murderer Timothy Lane Gribble is executed by lethal injection at the age of 37 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.
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26 years ago Wednesday 15th of March 2000
Double murderer Patrick Gene Poland is executed by lethal injection at the age of 50 in Arizona State Prison Complex, 1305 E Butte Avenue, Florence, Arizona, United States.
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20 years ago Wednesday 15th of March 2006
Double murderer Tommie Tom Andrew Hughes is executed by lethal injection at the age of 32 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.
For his final meal, Hughes requested six pieces of fried chicken with hot sauce, six jalapeno peppers, French fries, four buttered rolls, two large sodas and two menthol cigarettes. |
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19 years ago Thursday 15th of March 2007
A detail of AMVK's work at the 'Über das ICH (Willkür und Transzendenz) and a lot of fun' exhibition in DAAD Galerie, Zimmerstraße 90-91, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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