Thursday, April 4, 2013

30 Years Ago the Sun Set on the Boulevard

1825 YEARS AGO - on Friday 4 April 188
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Roman Emperor Caracallus originally Lucius Septimius Bassianus aka Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus, is born in Lugdunum, Italy.

338 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 4 April 1675
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Aristocrat Francis Charteris aka The Rape-Master General, is born in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.

167 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 4 April 1846
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Writer Comte Isidore Ducasse De Lautréamont is born in Montevideo, Uruguay.

99 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 4 April 1914
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Writer Marguerite Donnadieu Duras is born in Giadinh, Indochina.

98 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 4 April 1915
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Musician and Father of Chicago Blues Muddy Waters is born in Issaquena County, Mississippi, the USA.

95 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 4 April 1918
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An unidentified woman is murdered by Henri Desiré Landru aka The Bluebeard Murderer, in Gambais, France.

84 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 4 April 1929
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Autombile designer Karl Friedrich Benz dies at the age of 84 in Ladenburg, Germany.

81 YEARS AGO - on Monday 4 April 1932
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Filmmaker Andrei Arseniewitsch Tarkovski is born in Zavrashje, Russia.

81 YEARS AGO - on Monday 4 April 1932
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Actor Anthony Perkins aka Norman Bates, is born in New York, New York, USA.

72 YEARS AGO - on Friday 4 April 1941
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Child-Murderer Samuel Morgan is executed by hanging at the age of 28 in Walton Gaol, United Kingdom.

70 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 4 April 1943
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Murderer Peter Anthony Allen is born in Wallasey, Cheshire, United Kingdom.

68 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 4 April 1945
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Political activist Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit is born in Montauban, France.

67 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 4 April 1946
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49-year-old Serial Killer Marcel André Henri Felix Petiot aka The Triangular Chamber of Death Murderer, is sentenced to death in Paris, Paris - Ile-de-France, France.

56 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 4 April 1957
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Filmmaker Aki Olavi Kaurismäki is born in Orimattila, Finland.

51 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 4 April 1962
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Murderer James Hanratty aka The A6 Lay-By Murderer, is executed by hanging at the age of 25 in Bedford Prison, United Kingdom.

48 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 4 April 1965
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Presumed murderer of the Drummond family, Gaston Dominici dies at the age of 88 in Digne-les-Bains, France.

46 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 4 April 1967
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A group of 80 marines clears the main hall of the Central Station of ‘thugs’ and assembled youngsters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

45 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 4 April 1968
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Martin Luther King jr., is shot dead by James Earl Ray at the age of 39 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

43 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 4 April 1970
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26-year-old Founding member of the Rote Armee Fraktion, Andreas Bernd Baader is arrested in Berlin, Germany.
He was using a fake ID in the name of Peter Chotjewitz.

40 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 4 April 1973
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13-year-old Murderer and son of Joseph Kallinger aka The Shoemaker, Joey Kallinger is arrested and charged with vandalism, trespassing and conspiracy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

38 YEARS AGO - on Friday 4 April 1975
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155 War-orphans Die in US Airforce D-5A Galaxy crash in Saigon, Tan Sonnhut Airport, Vietnam.

34 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 4 April 1979
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Ex-Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Boettho is executed by hanging in Islamabad, Pakistan.

34 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 4 April 1979
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Josephine Whitaker is beaten to death by Peter Sutcliffe aka The Yorkshire Ripper, at the age of 19 in Halifax, Saville Park, United Kingdom.

34 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 4 April 1979
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Actor Heath Andrew Ledger is born in Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

30 YEARS AGO - on Monday 4 April 1983
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Actress Gloria May Josephine Swanson dies of heart failure at the age of 84 in New York City, New York, USA.

29 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 4 April 1984
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Tina Risico is abducted, sexually assaulted and tortured by Christopher Wilder aka The Beauty Queen Killer, at the age of 16 in Del Ammo Shopping Center, California, USA.
After 9 days of torture she was left for dead, but survived.

25 YEARS AGO - on Monday 4 April 1988
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Unidentified woman is stabbed to death and mutilated by Andrej Tsjikatilo aka The Rostow Ripper, at the age of 25 in Krasny Sulin, Russia.

19 YEARS AGO - on Monday 4 April 1994
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Murderer Richard Beavers is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville Prison, Texas, USA.

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