(+) Emperor of Germany, Charles is born in Gent, East Flanders, Belgium.
172 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 25 February 1841
(+) Artist Pierre Auguste Renoir is born in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France.
171 YEARS AGO - on Friday 25 February 1842
(+) Writer Karl Friedrich May known for Winnetou and Old Shatterhand, is born in Ernstthal, Saxony, Germany.
148 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 25 February 1865
(-) Jane Taylor is poisoned by Dr. Edward Pritchard in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
140 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 25 February 1873
(+) Tenor Enrico Caruso is born in Napoli, Italy.
134 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 25 February 1879
(-) Charles Frederick Peace aka The Murderous Musician, is executed by hanging at the age of 46 in Leeds, Armley Gaol, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
"Lion-hearted I've lived, And when my time comes Lion-hearted I'll die."
119 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 25 February 1894
(+) Guru Meher Baba originally Merwan Sheriar Irani aka The Silent Avatar, is born in Pune, India.
114 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 25 February 1899
(-) Journalist and founder of the Reuters news agency Paul Julius Freiherr von Reuter aka Joseph Josephat, dies at the age of 82 in Nice, Villa Reuter, France.
96 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 25 February 1917
(+) Writer Anthony Burgess is born in Manchester, Harpurhey, United Kingdom.
93 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 25 February 1920
(+) Cult-leader Sun Myung Moon is born in Sangsa-ri, North Korea.
92 YEARS AGO - on Friday 25 February 1921
(+) Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte aka Minister of Unemployment and Assimilation, is born in Quebec, Canada.
91 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 25 February 1922
(-) Serial Killer Henri Desiré Landru aka The Bluebeard Murderer, is executed by the Guillotine at the age of 52 in Paris, France.
82 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 25 February 1931
(+) Serial Killer Eric Edgar Cooke aka The Australian Nightmare, is born in Perth, Australia.
70 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 25 February 1943
(+) Beatle George Harrison aka L’Angelo Misterioso, is born in Liverpool, United Kingdom.
68 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 25 February 1945
(+) Japanese minister of Agriculture Toshikatsu Matsuoka is born in Aso, Kumamoto, Japan.
60 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 25 February 1953
(+) Artist Martin Kippenberger is born in Dortmund, NordRhein-Westfalen, Germany.
56 YEARS AGO - on Monday 25 February 1957
(+) IRA-member Raymond Peter McCreesh originally Réamann Mac Raois, is born in Camlough, Armagh, Ireland.
54 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 25 February 1959
(+) Murderer Ricky Lee Sanderson is born in North Carolina, USA.
49 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 25 February 1964
(-) Artist Alexander Porfyrovych Archipenko dies at the age of 76 in New York, New York, USA.
46 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 25 February 1967
(x) 35-year-old Serial Killer Albert DeSalvo aka The Boston Strangler, escapes from Bridgewater Hospital but is arrested 2 days later in Lynn, Massachussets, USA.
44 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 25 February 1969
(-) Revolutionary student Jan Zajic commits suicide by self-immolation at the age of 18 in Prague, Wenceslas Square, Czechoslowakia.
43 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 25 February 1970
(-) Artist Mark Rothko originally Marcus Rothkowitz, commits suicide by slashing his wrists at the age of 66 in New York, New York, USA.
35 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 25 February 1978
(+) Son of Kelly Boyd and Kenneth Bianchi aka The Hillside Strangler, Ryan Bianchi is born in Los Angeles, California, USA.
33 YEARS AGO - on Monday 25 February 1980
(-) Michael Gluck is beaten to death by Randy Kraft aka The Freeway Killer, in Goshen, Oregon, USA.
33 YEARS AGO - on Monday 25 February 1980
(-) Cassidy Johnson aka ‘Muffin’, is smothered by Christine Falling aka The Baby-Sitter, at the age of 2 in Blountstown, Florida, USA.
32 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 25 February 1981
(-) Jill Martin is sexually assaulted by Randy Woodfield aka The I-5 Killer, at the age of 18 in Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
She survived.
31 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 25 February 1982
(x) 22-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV, performs "Resonantiepunctie" in an exhibition of Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven aka AMVK in Antwerpen, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.
(-) Writer Tennessee Thomas Lanier Williams chokes to death on an eyedrop bottle cap at the age of 71 in New York, New York, USA.
The police report, however, suggested his use of drugs and alcohol contributed to his death.
23 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 25 February 1990
(x) 87 die in Happy Land Social Club fire, by Arsonist Julio Gonzales because of a row with his girlfriend and his eviction from the club in New York, The Bronx, New York, USA.
19 YEARS AGO - on Friday 25 February 1994
(x) Mass Murderer Baruch Goldstein opens fire on Muslim worshipers in the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron, West Bank, Israël.
He killed 29 of them before being bludgeoned to death by survivors.
18 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 25 February 1995
(-) Writer James Herriot originally James Alfred Wight, dies of prostate cancer at the age of 78 in Thrilby, United Kingdom.
8 YEARS AGO - on Friday 25 February 2005
(x) 60-year-old Serial Killer Dennis Lynn Rader aka The BTK Killer, is arrested in Park City, 6022 61st and Independence, Kansas, USA.
6 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 25 February 2007
(-) Murderer Richard Head Williams is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville Prison, Texas, USA.
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