(-) The first ever person to attempt the assassination of an American President, Richard Lawrence dies at the age of 61 in Washington, St. Elisabeth’s Hospital, District Columbia, USA.
On 30 january 1835 he drew his pistol at President Andrew Jackson, but his pistol - as well as a second one - misfired.
148 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 13 June 1865
(+) Writer William Butler Yeats is born in Dublin, Ireland.
127 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 13 June 1886
(-) The Mad King of Bavaria, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig II drowns at the age of 40 in Lake Starnberg, Germany.
He took a walk with Professor Bernhard von Gudden, several hours their bodies were found floating dead in the lake.
103 YEARS AGO - on Monday 13 June 1910
(+) Moralist campaigner Mary Whitehouse originally Constance Mary Hutcheson, is born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom.
78 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 13 June 1935
(+) Artist Javacheff Christo originally Hristo Yavashev, is born in Gabrovo, Bulgaria.
71 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 13 June 1942
(x) 13-year-old Serial Killer William George Heirens aka Catch Me Before I Kill More, is arrested after committing over 50 thrill-burglaries and is sent to the Gibault Correctional School for Catholic Boys in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA.
(+) Actor Malcolm McDowell is born in Horsforth, West Riding of Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
64 YEARS AGO - on Monday 13 June 1949
(+) Paris-Dakar rally-organiser Thierry Sabine is born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
44 YEARS AGO - on Friday 13 June 1969
(-) Founder of the Nation of Gods and Earths Clarence 13X originally Clarence Smith aka The Father, is shot dead by persons unknown at the age of 41 in Harlem, New York, USA.
37 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 13 June 1976
(-) William Carrol is murdered by John Gacy aka The Killer Clown, at the age of 16 in Chicago, Des Plaines, Illinois, USA.
30 YEARS AGO - on Monday 13 June 1983
(x) 31-year-old Serial Killer Gerald Eugene Stano originally Paul Zeininger aka Blind Fury, is sentenced to death for two murders in Daytona Beach Courthouse, Florida, USA.
30 YEARS AGO - on Monday 13 June 1983
(-) Cindy Paulsen is abducted and raped by Robert Hansen aka The Aviation Hunter, at the age of 19 in Anchorage, Alaska, USA.
She managed to escape afterwards.
29 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 13 June 1984
(x) 17-year-old Wendy Baribeault is raped and strangled by Michael Ross aka The Roadside Strangler, Die in in Griswold, Connecticut, USA.
28 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 13 June 1985
(x) Peter Paul Rubens’ painting "Koning Filip IV" is damaged by persons unknown in Zürich, Kunsthaus, Switzerland.
28 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 13 June 1985
(x) The bomb mailed by 43-year-old Theodore Ted Kaczinski aka The UnaBomber, to the Fabrication Division of Boeing, is found and successfully disarmed in Auburn, Washington, USA.
27 YEARS AGO - on Friday 13 June 1986
(-) Musician Benny Benjamin David Goodman dies of a heart attack at the age of 77 in Manhattan, New York, USA.
27 YEARS AGO - on Friday 13 June 1986
(x) 26-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV, performs "Ik Daag U Uit" with Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven aka AMVK at the Anti-Chambres exhibition in Gent, East Flanders, Belgium.
25 YEARS AGO - on Monday 13 June 1988
(-) Murderer Edward Byrnes is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 28 in Angola, Louisiana, USA.
18 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 13 June 1995
(x) Tenth bomb attack by 45-year-old Xenophobic Serial Bomber Franz Fuchs in Lubeck, Germany.
Politician Thomas Rother gets injured.
16 YEARS AGO - on Friday 13 June 1997
(-) Murderer Michael Elkins is executed by lethal injection in South Carolina, USA.
Because of Elkins' poor physical condition, the first needle was ultimately inserted in Elkins's neck (attempts to use his arms, legs, feet were not successful) and the second needle was not used.
15 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 13 June 1998
(x) 63-year-old Family leader Charles Miles Manson is transferred back to Corcoran State Prison after serving time in Pelican Bay State Prison for peddling drugs to fellow inmates in Corcoran, California, USA.
12 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 13 June 2001
(-) Murderer John L. Wheat is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville Prison, Texas, USA.
11 YEARS AGO - on Thursday 13 June 2002
(-) Murderer Daniel Earl Reneau is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville Prison, Texas, USA.
10 YEARS AGO - on Friday 13 June 2003
(-) Triple murderer Joseph Trueblood is executed by lethal injection in Indiana, USA.
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